Film stars
Subtitle: Hollywood and beyond
By: edited by Andy Willis.
Contributors: Willis, Andrew, 1962 Nov. 17-
Series: Inside popular film
Publisher: Manchester University Press; Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Manchester; New York; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 197
Subjects: Motion picture actors and actresses.; Motion pictures.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Clara Bow is It / Cynthia Felando; title: Contesting the feminine mystique : Rosalind Russell, Auntie Mame, and gender performativity / Jane Hendler; title: Charlton Heston is an axiom : spectacle and performance in the development of the blockbuster / Mark Jancovich; title: Jim Carrey : the cultural politics of dumbing down / Philip Drake; title: The rise and fall of Sandra Bullock : notes on starmaking and female stardom in contemporary Hollywood / Peter Krämer; title: Rumble in the USA : Jackie Chan in translation / Mark Gallagher; title: Kenneth Branagh : Shakespearean film, cultural capital, and star status / Nick Cox; title: Baby I'm a star : towards a political economy of the actor formerly known as Prince / Lisa Taylor; title: Cynthia Rothrock : from the ghetto of exploitation / Andy Willis.