| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 295 pages) : illustrations |
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Star decades: American culture/American cinema |
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Star decades: American culture/American cinema.
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| Contents |
Robert De Niro: star as actor auteur / Aaron Baker -- Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger: androgynous macho men / Rebecca Bell-Metereau -- Jessica Lange and Sissy Spacek: country girls / William Brown -- Mel Gibson and Tom Cruise: rebellion and conformity / Michael DeAngelis -- Michael J. Fox and the Brat Pack: contrasting identities / Robert Eberwein -- Eddie Murphy: the rise and fall of the golden child / Krin Gabbard -- Sigourney Weaver : woman warrior, working girl / Chris Holmlund -- Harrison Ford: a well-tempered machismo / Adam Knee -- Sally FIeld and Goldie Hawn: feminism, post-feminism, and cactus flower politics / Christina Lane -- Meryl Streep: feminism and femininity in the era of backlash / Linda Mizejewski -- Clint Eastwood and Bruce Willis: enforcers left and right / James Morrison -- Steve Martin and John Candy: penny wise and pound foolish / Jerry Mosher -- In the wings / Robert Eberwein |
| Summary |
Acting for America focuses on the way film icons have engaged in and defined some major issues of cultural and social concern to America during the 1980s. Scholars employing a variety of useful approaches explore how these movie stars' films speak to an increased audience awareness of advances in feminism, new ideas about masculinity, and the complex political atmosphere in the Age of Reagan. The essays demonstrate the range of these stars' contributions to such conversations in a variety of films, including blockbusters and major genres |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Entertainment & Performing Arts.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Acting & Auditioning.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- General.
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Motion picture actors and actresses
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Filmschauspieler
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United States
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USA
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Eberwein, Robert T., 1940-
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| ISBN |
9780813551135 |
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0813551137 |
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