Description
Author: Jeanine Basinger
Publisher: Vintage Books (Vintage / Random House)
Edition: First Vintage Books Edition
Publication Date: 2014
Place of Publication: New York
Format: Paperback
Page Count: 432 pages
Condition: Very good+; clean, bright copy with light edge wear consistent with gentle use. No markings or damage.
Description
In I Do and I Don’t: A History of Marriage in the Movies, renowned film scholar Jeanine Basinger explores how Hollywood has shaped — and reshaped — our ideas about love, marriage, commitment, and independence from the silent era through modern cinema.
Drawing on hundreds of films, Basinger examines familiar archetypes — the romantic idealist, the career woman, the reluctant husband, the rebellious divorcee — and reveals how cultural attitudes toward gender roles and relationships have evolved on screen. From screwball comedies and wartime romances to postwar domestic dramas and contemporary re-definitions of partnership, this book is both an entertaining film history and a sharp cultural study.
Accessible, witty, and deeply informed, I Do and I Don’t is essential reading for film lovers, cultural historians, and anyone fascinated by the stories movies tell us about love — and why we continue to believe them.