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Heavenly Bodies
Film Stars and Society
Richard Dyer
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Heavenly Bodies
Film Stars and Society
Richard Dyer
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Richard Dyer's classic study of movie stars and stardom has been updated, with a new introduction by the author discussing the rise of celebrity culture and developments in the study of stars since publication of the first edition in 1986. Dyer's illuminating study is based around case studies of three major stars: Marilyn Monroe, Paul Robeson and Judy Garland. He draws on a wide range of sources, including the films in which each star appeared, to illustrate how each star's persona was constructed, and goes on to examine each within the context of particular issues in fan culture and stardom.
Students of film and cultural studies will find this an invaluable part of there course reading.
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Index
Note: page numbers in italics denote illustrations
- abolitionism 112
- action-heroes 10ā11
- Africa: atavism 89, 94, 95, 98ā9
- authenticity 85ā6
- black Americans 86ā7, 89
- black history 96, 98
- brute image 95ā6
- film representation 85, 89, 92ā3, 94
- freedom 100
- spirituality 89
- Africa Looks Up 100
- Agate, James 74
- All About Eve 13, 19, 20
- All God's Chillun Got Wings 65
- black stereotypes 69
- blackness/whiteness 72, 95
- humiliation 132
- review 122
- Uncle Tom 82
- Allyson, June 6, 33, 153
- Alpert, Hollis 38
- American Mercury 122
- androgyny: Garland 165, 166ā7, 168, 173, 175ā6
- homosexuality 165
- Monroe 62
- sex appeal 173
- tramp look 173, 175ā6
- Andy Hardy films 152, 161
- Anger, Kenneth 146
- appearance/reality 2
- Arbuthnot, Lucie 192[1]n4
- Arnold, Eve, xii 1ā2
- art photography 27, 28, 29
- As Time Goes By 137, 142, 143
- As Young As You Feel 19, 20, 37, 38
- Ashcroft, Peggy 108
- The Asphalt Jungle 20
- Astaire, Fr...