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Title Acting for America [electronic resource] : movie stars of the 1980s / edited by Robert Eberwein.

Imprint New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2010.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description ix, 295 p. : ill.
Series Star decades: American culture/American cinema
Star decades: American culture/American cinema.
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.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Eberwein, Robert T., 1940-
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780813547596 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780813547602 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780813551135 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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