| Description |
ix, 276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Star decades: American culture/American cinema |
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Star decades: American culture/American cinema.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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 -- Antonio Banderas, Andy Garcia, 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. |
| Subject |
Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.
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Motion picture actors and actresses. (OCoLC)fst01027096
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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| Added Author |
Everett, Anna, 1954-
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| ISBN |
9780813552446 hardcover alkaline paper |
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0813552443 hardcover alkaline paper |
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9780813552453 paperback alkaline paper |
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0813552451 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780813553252 ebook |
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0813553253 ebook |
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