What Price Hollywood?: Gender and Sex in the Films of George Cukor
University Press of Kentucky, June 2020
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My new book utilizes a broad-based intersectional queer-feminist approach to explore of the films of gay Jewish-American Hollywood studio director George Cukor. Chapters involve studies of small clusters of films from throughout the filmmaker's 50-year career. Each chapter is centered around a key theme, genre, or approach; these range from women's friendships, male alcoholism, and ethnic domesticity to drag acts, musicals, satire, and film noir.
A "wide-ranging, rigorous, and highly readable analysis of one of Hollywood's most intriguing and endearing directors." - Vincent Brook
A "significant and fresh contribution to scholarship. What Price Hollywood? appeals to nonspecialist readers as well as students of media, American, and Jewish studies." - Nathan Abrams
"The book ranges widely through the oeuvre, boasting rich readings of Cukor's films and engaging with many of the theoretical topics that have fruitfully occupied film scholars in recent years. - R. Barton Palmer
"After reading each chapter, there is cause for reflection and a deeper understanding of Cukor's films." - Bill Biss
"An extraordinarily informative and deftly presented study of one of the truly outstanding Hollywood film directors of the 20th century." - Midwest Library Review
Book Reviews:
Selected Interviews and Articles:
University Press of Kentucky, June 2020
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My new book utilizes a broad-based intersectional queer-feminist approach to explore of the films of gay Jewish-American Hollywood studio director George Cukor. Chapters involve studies of small clusters of films from throughout the filmmaker's 50-year career. Each chapter is centered around a key theme, genre, or approach; these range from women's friendships, male alcoholism, and ethnic domesticity to drag acts, musicals, satire, and film noir.
A "wide-ranging, rigorous, and highly readable analysis of one of Hollywood's most intriguing and endearing directors." - Vincent Brook
A "significant and fresh contribution to scholarship. What Price Hollywood? appeals to nonspecialist readers as well as students of media, American, and Jewish studies." - Nathan Abrams
"The book ranges widely through the oeuvre, boasting rich readings of Cukor's films and engaging with many of the theoretical topics that have fruitfully occupied film scholars in recent years. - R. Barton Palmer
"After reading each chapter, there is cause for reflection and a deeper understanding of Cukor's films." - Bill Biss
"An extraordinarily informative and deftly presented study of one of the truly outstanding Hollywood film directors of the 20th century." - Midwest Library Review
Book Reviews:
- Midwest Library Review (Sep 2020)
- Bill Biss, Edge Media Network (10 July 2020)
- Christoph Huber, Cineaste 46.1 (Winter 2020)
Selected Interviews and Articles:
- Living Room Film Club, Belcourt Theater (13 Jan 2021)
- MTSU On the Record (8 Sep 2020)
- Full Contact Nerd Podcast (30 June 2020)
- The Page 99 Test Blog (5 June 2020)
