University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
James Cagney, Outside/inside: Assimilation of a New York City star in 1930s Hollywood
Abstract
dc:description"My dissertation examines the reception of James Cagney in the light of ethnicity and immigration in the 1930s. I contend that it is only in this era that Cagney represents an inbetween type. His Irish-American catholicism marks him as subordinate to the W.A.S.P. mainstream and simultaneously positions him as a figure of influence over other New York ethnic newcomers (Italians, Jews, Poles, and Slavs). To star studies I combine close readings of thirteen 1930s films (including Blonde Crazy (1931), Mayor of Hell (1933), Here Comes the Navy (1934), and Angels With Dirty Faces (1938)) with a concern for linking text to historical context (the Payne Studies, James T. Farrell's Studs Lonigan novels, and other representations of the working class which comprise a large number of ""new"" immigrants)."
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Ph.D.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Dissertation
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- English
- Grantor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Year dc:date
- 2011
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Tracey, Grant Annis George
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Carringer, Robert L.
Subjects
dc:subject × 2Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
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- Copyright 1994 Tracey, Grant Annis George
- Language dc:language
- eng
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
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AAI9512574
(UMI)AAI9512574 - OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/20020