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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood : celebrity gossip and American conservatism /

Frost argues that Hopper has had a profound and lasting influence on popular and political culture and should be viewed as a pivotal popularizer of conservatism. As practiced by Hopper and her readers, Hollywood gossip shaped key developments in American movies and movie culture, newspaper journalis...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Frost, Jennifer, 1961-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, ©2011.
Colección:American history and culture (New York University Press)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : "malice in wonderland"
  • Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
  • Readers, respondents, and fans
  • Hopper's wars
  • Cold War Americanism, Hopper style
  • Blacklisting Hollywood "Reds"
  • Representing race in the face of civil rights
  • "Family togetherness" in Fifties Hollywood
  • Taking on "Hollywood Babylon"
  • Conclusion : movies, politics, and narratives of nostalgia.