Skyscraper Cinema: Architecture and Gender in American Film
Skyscraper Cinema: Architecture and Gender in American Film
$28.50
Schleier, Merrill
Pap. Minneapolis, 2009
Book ID: 79580
Analyzes cinematic works in which skyscrapers are an integral component, interpreting the iconography and spatial practices in these often fictional modern buildings, especially on concepts of gender. Organized chronologically and thematically, this book offers close readings of films including Safety Last, Skyscraper Souls, Wife vs. Secretary, Baby Face, The Fountainhead, and Desk Set.
368 pp., 101 B&W illus.
