Creating the Couple: Love, Marriage, and Hollywood Performance

by Virginia Wright Wexman

Book Overview

Who decides how, when, and where Americans fall in love and get married? Virginia Wexman's acute observations about movie stars and acting techniques show that Hollywood has often had the most powerful voice in demonstrating socially sanctioned ways of becoming a couple. Until now serious film critics have paid little attention to the impact of performance styles on American romance, and have often treated "patriarchy," "sexuality," and the "couple"...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 069101535X
• ISBN13: 9780691015354
• Release Date: June 1993
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.4"