UID:
almafu_9959232739002883
Format:
1 online resource (249 p.)
ISBN:
979-84-00-69534-6
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1-282-42762-8
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9786612427626
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0-313-00353-X
Series Statement:
Contributions to the study of popular culture, no. 69
Content:
An overview of the place of parody in film history. It defines the genre, differentiating it from satire, and demonstrates how a well-executed spoof provides an educational blueprint of its target genre. Films discussed include ""Destry Rides Again"" (1939) and ""Scream"" (1996).
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Contents; Illustrations; Foreword: Puncturing and Reaffirmation; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Parody Overview; 2 Everyone's Going West; 3 The Pre-Brooks King of Parody: Bob Hope . . . And Disciple Woody Allen; 4 Mel Brooks; 5 Two for the Road; 6 Epilogue; Appendix: Selected Filmography; Selected Bibliography; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 979-82-16-12688-1
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-313-26186-5
Language:
English
DOI:
10.5040/9798400695346
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