James Cagney, Outside/inside: Assimilation of a New York City star in 1930s Hollywood
Tracey, Grant Annis George
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Description
Title
James Cagney, Outside/inside: Assimilation of a New York City star in 1930s Hollywood
Author(s)
Tracey, Grant Annis George
Issue Date
1994
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Carringer, Robert L.
Department of Study
English
Discipline
English
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
History, United States
Cinema
Language
eng
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)."
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