The Hollywood star-actress and studies of acting -- The Hollywood star-actress and studies of stardom -- Star acting and the Hollywood star-actress -- "Magic Meryl" : Meryl Streep -- Susan the siren : Susan Sarandon -- "A perfect acting maching" : Jodie Foster -- Angela the icon : Angela Bassett -- The first lady of Miramax : Gwenyth Paltrow
Summary
The Actress: Hollywood Acting and the Female Star investigates the contemporary film actress both as an artist and as an ideological construct. Divided into two sections, The Actress first examines the major issues in studying film acting, stardom, and the Hollywood actress. Combining theories of screen acting and of film stardom, The Actress presents a synthesis of methodologies and offers the student and scholar a new approach to these two subjects of study
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-244) and index
