Romance films
From Library of Congress Subject Headings
Romance films
- This heading is used as a topical heading for works about films that feature the development of love between the main characters. When used as a topical heading it is subdivided by the appropriate geographic, topical, and/or form subdivisions.
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009003320
- info:lc/authorities/sh2009003320
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh2009003320#concept
Instance Of
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Variants
- Chick flicks
- Love films
- Hollywood romance films
- Romance (Motion pictures)
- Romance movies
- Romance pictures (Motion pictures)
- Romantic films
- Romantic movies
Broader Terms
Sources
- found: Work cat.: Chick flicks, 2008.
- found: LC/SACO Authority File, Apr. 2, 2009 (genre/form hdg.: Romance films (sh2007025261))
- found: Film genre 2000, c2000: p. 227 (romance, that film in which development of love between the two main characters is the main story line; romance films often seem to be hybrids) p. 229 (referred to in popular reference sources as: Hollywood romance films, romance films)
- found: Wikipedia, Apr. 2, 2009 (Romance films; loosely defined as any film in which the central plot revolves around the romantic involvement of the story's protagonists. Another prerequisite is that the film has a happy ending although this second prerequisite is admittedly disputable; Chick flicks; weepy films)
- found: Google search, Apr. 2, 2009 (results include: Romantic films; romantic movies)
- found: Moving image genre-form guide online, Apr. 2, 2009 (romance: Fictional work focusing on an affectionate relationship between two people, whether in courtship or marriage, and set in modern or historical times; romances concentrate on the love story as the main conflict; used for: Love)
General Notes
- This heading is used as a topical heading for works about films that feature the development of love between the main characters. When used as a topical heading it is subdivided by the appropriate geographic, topical, and/or form subdivisions.
Change Notes
- 2009-04-02: new
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