Melodrama and meaning : history, culture, and the films of Douglas Sirk

Acknowledgments Introduction: The Many Faces of Melodrama 1. The OProgressiveO Auteur, Melodrama, and Canonicity 2. Selling Melodrama: Sex, Affluence, and Written on the Wind 3. Tastemaking: Reviews, Popular Canons, and Soap Operas 4. Star Gossip: Rock Hudson and the Burdens of Masculinity 5. Mass Camp and the Old Hollywood Melodrama Today Conclusion: Cinema, Ideology, History Notes Filmography Bibliography Index