James Cagney, Outside/inside: Assimilation of a New York City star in 1930s Hollywood

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Title:	James Cagney, Outside/inside: Assimilation of a New York City star in 1930s Hollywood
Author(s):	Tracey, Grant Annis George
Doctoral Committee Chair(s):	Carringer, Robert L.
Department / Program:	English
Discipline:	English
Degree Granting Institution:	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree:	Ph.D.
Genre:	Dissertation
Subject(s):	History, United States Cinema
Abstract:	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).
Issue Date:	1994
Type:	Text
Language:	English
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/2142/20020
Rights Information:	Copyright 1994 Tracey, Grant Annis George
Date Available in IDEALS:	2011-05-07
Identifier in Online Catalog:	AAI9512574
OCLC Identifier:	(UMI)AAI9512574

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