Descript |
xviii, 367 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
Contents |
Introduction: Constructing the American skyscraper film -- From stumbling blocks to stepping stones : Harold Lloyd's skyscraper films -- Icons of exploitation : gender and class disharmony in the Depression-era skyscraper office -- Masculine heroes, modernism, and political ideology in The fountainhead and The big clock -- Mid-century corporate renewal and gender realignment in Executive suite and Desk set -- Postscript: Recent skyscraper films. |
ISBN |
9780816642816 (hbk.) |
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0816642818 (hbk.) |
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9780816642823 (pbk.) |
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0816642826 (pbk.) |
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