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" Stars / "
Richard Dyer ; with a supplementary chapter and bibliography by Paul McDonald
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BL
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638175
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| Main Entry
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Dyer, Richard,1945-
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Stars /\ Richard Dyer ; with a supplementary chapter and bibliography by Paul McDonald
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New edition
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217 pages :: illustrations ;; 25 cm
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| ISBN
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0851706487
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: 9780851706481
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: 0851706436
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: 9780851706436
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Introduction -- Part One: Stars as a Social Phenomenon -- Conditions for Stardom -- Production: Consumption -- Origins of stardom -- Stars as a phenomenon of production -- Stars as a phenomenon of consumption -- Ideology -- Star versus character -- Life-as-theatre -- A historical paradigm - from gods to mortals -- Stars and the status quo -- Compensation -- Charisma -- Part Two: Stars as Images -- Stars as Stars -- Consumption -- Success --Ordinariness - are stars 'different'? -- The dream soured -- Love -- Stars as Types -- The notion of social type -- Alternative or subversive type -- Stars as specific images -- A specific image: Jane Fonda -- Part Three: Stars as Signs -- Stars and 'Character' -- The notion of character -- The construction of character -- Stars as characters in films -- Stars and Performance -- Trends in the study of performance -- Performance signs -- A Note on Authorship -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Supplementary Chapter: Reconceptualising Stardom -- Supplemental bibliography
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Cinema's glamor has always been inseparable from star performances and star images. Through the intensive examination of films, magazines, and advertising, as well as critical texts, Richard Dyer analyzes the historical, ideological, and aesthetic significance of stars, changing the way we understand screen icons. He pays particular attention to Marlon Brando, Bette Davis, Marlene Dietrich, Jane Fonda, Greta Garbo, Marilyn Monroe, Robert Redford, and John Wayne
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Motion picture actors and actresses
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| Dewey Classification
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791.43/028/0922
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PN1998.D94 1998
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McDonald, Paul,1963-
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