{"product_id":"after-happily-ever-after-romantic-comedy-in-the-post-romantic-age-paperback-softback-9780814346747","title":"After Happily Ever After; Romantic Comedy in the Post-Romantic Age (Paperback \/ softback) 9780814346747","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAfter Happily Ever After\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eRomantic Comedy in the Post-Romantic Age\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMaria San Filippo (Edited by), John Alberti (Contributions by), Elizabeth Alsop (Contributions by), Tom Cunliffe (Contributions by), Alice Guilluy (Contributions by), Mary Harrod (Contributions by), Ash Kinney d'Harcourt (Contributions by), Tamar Jeffers McDonald (Contributions by), Deborah Jermyn (Contributions by), Betty Kaklamanidou (Contributions by), James MacDowell (Contributions by), Beatriz Oria (Contributions by), Sueyoung Park-Primiano (Contributions by), Manuela Ruiz (Contributions by), Maria San Filippo (Contributions by), Martha Shearer (Contributions by), Maya Montañez Smukler (Contributions by), Tamar Jeffers McDonald (Foreword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780814346747\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 18 May 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e382 pages, 49 b\u0026amp;w images\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.333 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn defiance of the alleged \"death of romantic comedy,\" \u003cem\u003eAfter \"Happily Ever After\": Romantic Comedy in the Post-Romantic Age\u003c\/em\u003e edited by Maria San Filippo attests to rom-com's continuing vitality in new modes and forms that reimagine and rejuvenate the genre in ideologically, artistically, and commercially innovative ways. No longer the idyllic fairy tale,  today's romantic comedies ponder the realities and complexities of intimacy, fortifying the genre's gift for imagining human connection through love and laughter. It has often been observed that the rom-com's \"happily ever after\" trope enables the genre to avoid addressing the challenges of coupled life. This volume's contributors confront how recent rom-coms contend with a \"post-romantic age\" of romantic disillusionment and seismically shifting emotional and relational bonds. Fifteen chapters contemplate the resurgence of the \"radical romantic comedy\" and uncoupling comedy, new approaches in genre hybridity and serial narrative, and how recent rom-coms deal with divisive topical issues and contemporary sexual mores from reproductive politics and marriage equality to hook-up culture and technology-enabled sex. Rom-coms remain underappreciated and underexamined-and still largely defined within Hollywood's parameters of culturally normative coupling and its persistent marginalization of racial and sexual minorities. Making the case for taking romantic comedy seriously, this volume employs critical perspectives drawn from feminist, queer, postcolonial, and race studies to critique the genre's homogeneity and social and sexual conservatism, recognizing innovative works inclusive of LGBTQ people, people of color, and the differently aged and abled. Encompassing a rich range of screen media from the last decade,\u003cem\u003e After \"Happily Ever After\" \u003c\/em\u003ecelebrates works that disrupt and subvert rom-com fantasy and formula so as to open audience's eyes along with our hearts. This volume is intended for all readers with an interest in film, media, and gender studies.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wayne State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52563769917720,"sku":"9780814346747","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/after-happily-ever-after-romantic-comedy-in-the-post-romantic-age-paperback-softback-9780814346747","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}