| Publication |
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2012]
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| Copyright date |
©2012 |
| Description |
vii, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Call # |
791.43028 N |
| 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 |
Introduction / Pamela Robertson Wojcik -- Paul Newman: superstardom and anti-stardom / Christine Becker -- Elizabeth Taylor: the biggest star in the world / Alexander Doty -- Dustin Hoffman: as artistic as possible / Daniel Smith-Rowsey -- Steve McqQeen: cool, combative, and disconnected / Ina Rae Hark -- Mia Farrow: categorically intangible / Leslie Abramson -- Peter Sellers: a figure of the impasse / Cynthia Baron -- Julie Andrews: practically too perfect in every way / Dennis Bingham -- Sidney Poitier: it is no great joy to be a symbol / Arthur Knight -- Brigitte Bardot: from international star to fashion icon / Kelley Conway -- Edie Sedgwick: girl of the year / Christopher Sieving -- Eva and Zsa Zsa Gabor: Hungary meets hillbilly U.S.A. / Diane Pecknold -- In the wings / Pamela Robertson Wojcik. |
| Subject |
Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.
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| Addl. Author |
Wojcik, Pamela Robertson, 1964-
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| ISBN |
9780813551722 (pbk. : alk. paper) : |
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0813551722 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780813551715 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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0813551714 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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