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Author Chard, Holly, author.
Title Mainstream maverick : John Hughes and New Hollywood cinema / Holly Chard.
Publisher Austin : University of Texas Press, 2020.



Descript 1 online resource (viii, 273 pages)
Note Description based upon print version of record.
Contents Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Making of "John Hughes" -- 1. Building a Brand: Universal (1984-1985) -- 2. Realities and Fantasies of Suburban Adolescence -- 3. The Creative Producer: Paramount (1985-1987) -- 4. Gender, Generation, and Coming-of-Age in 1980s America -- 5. Solid Family Fare: Universal (1988-1990) and Warner Bros. (1987-1993) -- 6. Pressures of Parenthood and Fantasies of Childhood -- 7. Family Film Franchises: 20th Century Fox (1989-1997) -- 8. Slapstick, Sentimentality, and the American Family -- Conclusion: Mainstream Maverick? -- Notes -- Index
ISBN 1477321314
9781477321317 (electronic bk.)
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Author Chard, Holly, author.
Subject Hughes, John, 1950-2009.
Motion picture industry -- History -- 20th century.
Motion picture authorship.
Motion picture producers and directors -- Biography.
Descript 1 online resource (viii, 273 pages)
Note Description based upon print version of record.
Contents Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Making of "John Hughes" -- 1. Building a Brand: Universal (1984-1985) -- 2. Realities and Fantasies of Suburban Adolescence -- 3. The Creative Producer: Paramount (1985-1987) -- 4. Gender, Generation, and Coming-of-Age in 1980s America -- 5. Solid Family Fare: Universal (1988-1990) and Warner Bros. (1987-1993) -- 6. Pressures of Parenthood and Fantasies of Childhood -- 7. Family Film Franchises: 20th Century Fox (1989-1997) -- 8. Slapstick, Sentimentality, and the American Family -- Conclusion: Mainstream Maverick? -- Notes -- Index
ISBN 1477321314
9781477321317 (electronic bk.)
Author Chard, Holly, author.
Subject Hughes, John, 1950-2009.
Motion picture industry -- History -- 20th century.
Motion picture authorship.
Motion picture producers and directors -- Biography.

Subject Hughes, John, 1950-2009.
Motion picture industry -- History -- 20th century.
Motion picture authorship.
Motion picture producers and directors -- Biography.
Descript 1 online resource (viii, 273 pages)
Note Description based upon print version of record.
Contents Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Making of "John Hughes" -- 1. Building a Brand: Universal (1984-1985) -- 2. Realities and Fantasies of Suburban Adolescence -- 3. The Creative Producer: Paramount (1985-1987) -- 4. Gender, Generation, and Coming-of-Age in 1980s America -- 5. Solid Family Fare: Universal (1988-1990) and Warner Bros. (1987-1993) -- 6. Pressures of Parenthood and Fantasies of Childhood -- 7. Family Film Franchises: 20th Century Fox (1989-1997) -- 8. Slapstick, Sentimentality, and the American Family -- Conclusion: Mainstream Maverick? -- Notes -- Index
ISBN 1477321314
9781477321317 (electronic bk.)

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