Pretty People : Movie Stars of the 1990s /

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In the 1990s, American civil society got upended and reordered as many social, cultural, political, and economic institutions were changed forever. Pretty People examines a wide range of Hollywood icons who reflect how stardom in that decade was transformed as the nation itself, signaling significan...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Everett, Anna, 1954-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Motion picture actors and actresses.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > General.
PERFORMING ARTS > Acting & Auditioning.
Motion picture actors and actresses > United States > Biography.
United States.
Biographies.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Anna Everett
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger: corporeal charisma / Linda Ruth Williams
  • Jodie Foster: feminist hero? / Karen Hollinger
  • Denzel Washington: a revisionist black masculinity / Melvin Donalson
  • Julia Roberts: cultural phenomenon / R. Barton Palmer
  • Leonardo DiCaprio: king of the "world" / Murray Pomerance
  • Andy Garcia, Antonio Banderas, and Edward James Olmos: stardom, masculinity, and "Latinidades" / Laura Isabel Serna
  • Tom Hanks and Tom Cruise: the box office and "true masculinity" / Mary Beth Haralovich
  • Angela Bassett and Halle Berry: African American leading ladies / Mia Mask
  • Michael Douglas: an ordinary man / Donna Peberdy
  • Pierce Brosnan: licensed to sell / Tracey Hoover and Toby Miller
  • Johnny Depp and Keanu Reeves: Hollywood and the iconoclasts / Anna Everett.

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