Acting for America
Subtitle: movie stars of the 1980s
By: edited by Robert Eberwein
Series: Star decades: American culture/American cinema; Star decades: American culture/American cinema
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9780813547596; 9780813547602
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Robert Dinero: star as actor auteur / Aaron Baker; title: Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger: androgynous macho men / Rebecca Bell-Metereau; title: Jessica Lange and Sissy Spacek: country girls / William Brown; title: Mel Gibson and Tom Cruise: rebellion and conformity / Michael DeAngelis; title: Michael J. Fox and the Brat Pack: contrasting identities / Robert Eberwein; title: Eddie Murphy: the rise and fall of the golden child / Krin Gabbard; title: Sigourney Weaver : woman warrior, working girl / Chris Holmlund; title: Harrison Ford: a well-tempered machismo / Adam Knee; title: Sally FIeld and Goldie Hawn: feminism, post-feminism, and cactus flower politics / Christina Lane; title: Meryl Streep: feminism and femininity in the era of backlash / Linda Mizejewski; title: Clint Eastwood and Bruce Willis: enforcers left and right / James Morrison; title: Steve Martin and John Candy: penny wise and pound foolish / Jerry Mosher; title: In the wings / Robert Eberwein.