James Dean Transfigured: The Many Faces of Rebel Iconography

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments C ontributions from readers, editors, friends, family, and colleagues have enriched the contents of this book and augmented the writing process. Thanks to Stacy Gillis and J. David Slocum for their editorial virtuosity on individual chapters published separately as articles. Thanks to Kurt Hemmer for generously sharing his impressive expertise on James Dean, and to David Loehr for his assistance with photographs from his superb collection. The Society for Cinema and Media Studies gave me the opportunity to present parts of the work-in-progress as conference papers. I am grateful to Mark Dery for recommending pertinent articles and commenting on an essay of mine that became part of a chapter . Barbara Schapiro also brought relevant material to my attention. Nathan DiMeo was a valuable research assistant whose discoveries early on helped shape the book’s form. Kathleen Szantor provided expert translations of French passages, and Virginia Keller was the ideal travel companion during visits to Fairmount. At the University of Texas Press, Jim Burr, Lynne Chapman, Sue Carter, and Laura Young Bost were consummate professionals and a pleasure to work with. I am also grateful to the Press’ anonymous readers for their suggestions. My colleagues and students at Rhode Island College, where I taught for many years, were a supportive presence during the book’s creation. I received encouragement from family members George Springer, Annemarie Springer, Joel Springer, Yumi Izuyama, Len Springer, Ben Springer, Debbie Springer, Florence Adams, and the late George Adams. My greatest sources of inspiration were my husband, Geoff Adams, and my son, Jack Adams. They gave me the gifts of time and laughter, and nothing could be better. THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK James Dean Transfigured THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK ...