Author: Gledhill, Christine ; editor:
Title: Stardom : Industry of Desire
Description: London, Routledge, 1991. orig.wrappers. 23x15cm, xxs,340 pp. PAPERBACK.. Textual photo illustrations.. Some minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Contents: The system. Seeing stars / Janet Staiger -- The emergence of the star system in America / Richard deCordova -- The Carole Lombard in Macy’s window / Charles Eckert -- The building of popular images : Grace Kelly and Marilyn Monroe / Thomas Harris -- Fatal beauties : black women in Hollywood / Karen Alexander -- Stars and society. Charisma / Richard Dyer -- Shirley Temple and the house of Rockefeller / Charles Eckert -- ’ Puffed sleeves before tea-time’ : Joan Crawford, Adrian and women audiences / Charlotte Cornelia Herzog and Jane Marie Gaines -- The return of Jimmy Stewart : the publicity photograph as text / Charles Wolfe -- Three Indian film stars / Behroze Gandhy and Rosie Thomas -- A Star Is Born and the construction of authenticity / Richard Dyer -- Feminine fascinations : forms of indentification in star-audience relations / Jackie Stacey -- Performers and signs. Articulating stardom / Barry King --Screen acting and the commutation test / John O. Thompson.

Keywords: American Film Industry, Hollywood, Motion Pictures, Movie, Cinema History, Film Criticism, , ,