Cinematic Canines : : Dogs and Their Work in the Fiction Film /

Cinematic Canines : : Dogs and Their Work in the Fiction Film / / ed. by Adrienne L. McLean.

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Dogs have been part of motion pictures since the movies began. They have been featured onscreen in various capacities, from any number of "man's best friends" (Rin Tin Tin, Asta, Toto, Lassie, Benji, Uggie, and many, many more) to the psychotic Cujo. The contributors to Cinematic Cani...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
MitwirkendeR:
Castonguay, James,
Fuller-Seeley, Kathryn,
Groskopf, Jeremy,
Horowitz, Alexandra,
Leane, Elizabeth,
Lund, Giuliana,
McLean, Adrienne L.,
Narraway, Guinevere,
O'Sullivan, Jane,
Pomerance, Murray,
Rapf, Joanna E.,
Ross, Sara,
Skabelund, Aaron,
Wolf, Kelly,
TeilnehmendeR:
Castonguay, James.
Fuller-Seeley, Kathryn.
Groskopf, Jeremy.
Horowitz, Alexandra.
Leane, Elizabeth.
Lund, Giuliana.
McLean, Adrienne L.
Narraway, Guinevere.
O'Sullivan, Jane.
Pomerance, Murray.
Rapf, Joanna E.
Ross, Sara.
Skabelund, Aaron.
Wolf, Kelly.
HerausgeberIn:
McLean, Adrienne L.,
Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2014]
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (264 p.) :; 56 photographs
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Wonder Dogs
  • Part One: Stars and Featured Players
  • 1. Answering a Growl: Roscoe Arbuckle's Talented Canine Co-star, Luke
  • 2. The Dogs Who Saved Hollywood: Strongheart and Rin Tin Tin
  • 3. Asta the Screwball Dog: Hollywood's Canine Sidekick
  • 4. Promoting Lassie: The Animal Star and Constructions of "Ideal" American Heroism
  • Part Two. Character and Supporting Actors
  • 5. Dogs at War: Military Dogs in Film
  • 6. Loaded Dogs: Dogs, Domesticity, and "the Wild" in Australian Cinema
  • 7. Bullies and Curs: Overlords and Underdogs in South African Cinema
  • 8. Things from Another World: Dogs, Aliens, and Antarctic Cinema
  • Part Three. Stock, Bits, and Extras
  • 9. Hitchcock's Canine Uncanny
  • 10. The Dog at the Side of the Shot: Incongruous Dog (Canis familiaris) Behavior in Film
  • Afterword: Dogs at the Digital Divide
  • Works Cited
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Index

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