Description |
ix, 295 p. : ill. |
Series |
Star decades: American culture/American cinema |
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Star decades: American culture/American cinema.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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. |
Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
Subject |
Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Eberwein, Robert T., 1940-
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ProQuest (Firm)
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ISBN |
9780813547596 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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9780813547602 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780813551135 (electronic bk.) |
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