{"product_id":"the-drunken-journalist-the-biography-of-a-film-stereotype-hardcover","title":"The Drunken Journalist: The Biography of a Film Stereotype - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHoward Good\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"No other human problem,\" a critic once remarked, \"seems to have afflicted movie newspapermen more often than drinking.\" Howard Good's latest book analyzes the stereotype of the hard-drinking journalist, with the goal of discovering why it exists and how it operates in films. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEarly chapters consider whether there is a historical basis for the stereotype of the hard-drinking journalist;while later chapters deal with films from across the decades, including the 1980s and 1990s. They identify the fate of the romantic couple as a major-if not the major-concern of silent films featuring drunken journalists; explore the many and often conflicting meanings associated with drinking in the 1930s, the so-called \"golden age of newspaper films\"; and discuss the influence of Alcoholics Anonymous on such newspaper films of the 1940s and 1950s as \u003ci\u003eWelcome Stranger\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCome Fill the Cup\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe concluding chapter points out that the dominant culture has frequently marginalized subgroups-for example, Native Americans and Irish immigrants-by stereotyping them as drunks, and theorizes that the stereotype of the hard-drinking journalist signals ambivalence not only about drinking, but also about the effects of the press on American life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten in the clear, incisive style for which Good is known, this book offers illuminating new interpretations of classic newspaper films from \u003ci\u003eThe Front Page\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eAll the President's Men\u003c\/i\u003e. It is a must-read for anyone interested in the implications of popular culture for how we think and live.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHoward Good\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Journalism, SUNY at New Paltz. He has written extensively on journalism, gender, and film in America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 8.8 x 5.69 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 10, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47450537066674,"sku":"9780810837171","price":163.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/Wnw1njWXGk9780810837171.webp?v=1783112860","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-drunken-journalist-the-biography-of-a-film-stereotype-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}