Gods like us : on movie stardom and modern fame
Item details
- ISBN: 9780307377661 (hardback)
- ISBN: 0307377660 (hardback)
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Physical Description:
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xxiv, 413 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Pantheon Books, c2012.
Contents / Notes
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [367]-387) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The faces in the mirror -- The star is born : from Edison's blobs to Florence Lawrence -- The first goddesses : Mary Pickford, Norma Talmadge, flappers, and virgins -- The matinee idols : Charlie, Doug, Rudy, and more -- Sodom : the silent star scandals -- Judgment Day : the movies speak -- The stars who talked : the great singularities of the studio era -- The factory : how stars were made -- Monsters, scarlett women, and other characters -- The afternoon shift : postwar studio stardom -- Barbarians at the gates : Brando changes everything -- The new machine : small screen, small gods -- Vinyl : the new rock celebrities and the Warhol factory -- Free at last : the long voyage of the African American star -- Dig in the new breed : mensches, hippies, and fame in new Hollywood -- The glamour backlash : the 1980s -- Machines and macho men : cable, VHS, and Arnold rewrite the rules -- The kids are all right : brat packers and the new teen idols -- MTV and its discontents : Michael Jackson, Madonna, and the rise of the meta-star -- The corporate star : the 1990s and beyond -- Pixel personal : stardom in the Internet age -- Star death. |
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