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Hollywood Stardom

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: McDonald, Paul
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2013.
Colección:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Figures
  • Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • PART ONE: Star Business
  • 1 The Symbolic Commerce of Hollywood Stardom
  • Commercial and Symbolic Dynamics of Film Stardom
  • Bankability, A-list Status and the Talent Hierarchy
  • Hollywood Stars, 1990-2009
  • Genre, Actorly, Prestige and Posthumous Stardoms
  • The Star Market
  • 2 Star-as-Brand
  • Branding and Stardom
  • The Functions of Star Names
  • Extending the Star Brand
  • Stardom as Endorsement
  • 3 The Extraordinary Ordinariness of Tom Hanks
  • "Mr Popularity"
  • Ordinary Guy, Extraordinary Situation
  • Re-working the Hanks Brand
  • Banking Captain Miller
  • Continuity and Change in the Star Brand
  • PART TWO: Star System
  • 4 Post-Studio Stardom
  • Vertically Integrated Stardom
  • Conglomerate Hollywood
  • Representation to the Stars
  • Star-Producers
  • Sources of Stars
  • Dependently Independent Stars
  • 5 Money and Talent
  • Stars and the Box Office, 1990-2009
  • Talent Inflation
  • Gross Deals
  • Re-modeling Star Compensation
  • Controlling the Stars?
  • 6 "The Will Smith Business"
  • Cross-media Stardom
  • Mr. Smith Goes to Hollywood
  • Sindiependence
  • Smith and the Global Film Market
  • PART THREE: Star Performance
  • 7 Spectacular Acts
  • Star Attraction
  • The Performance of the Medium
  • The Performance of the Actor
  • Branded Performance
  • 8 Prestige Stardom and the Awards System
  • Cultural Production and Symbolic Capital
  • Middle-brow Hollywood and the Prestige Star
  • Daniel Day-Lewis and Anti-Star Stardom
  • The Symbolic Authority of the Oscars
  • Oscar Prestige and Legitimized Acting
  • Prestige vs. Profit?
  • 9 Starring Julia Roberts
  • Defining the Brand
  • Enacting and Staging the Brand
  • Producing Oscar Prestige
  • Falling Star
  • 10 Conclusion
  • Appendix: Academy Award Nominees and Winners in the Actress and Actor in a Leading Role Categories, 1990-2009
  • References
  • Index