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Who was Rita Hayworth? Born Margarita Carmen Cansino, she spent her life subjected to others' definitions of her, no matter how hard she worked to claim her own identity. Although there have been many "revelations" about her life and career, Adrienne McLean's book is the first to show that such disclosures were part of a constructed image from the outset. McLean explores Hayworth's participation in the creation of her star persona, particularly through her work as a dancer-a subject ignored by most film scholars. The passive love goddess, as it turns out, had a unique appeal to other women who, like her, found it extraordinarily difficult to negotiate the competing demands of family, domesticity, and professional work outside the home. Being Rita Hayworth also considers the ways in which the actress has been treated by film scholarship over the years to accomplish its own goals, sometimes at her expense.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright, Dedication
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  1. Contents
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. ix-xiv
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  1. Introduction: Why Rita Hayworth?
  2. pp. 1-28
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  1. Part One: Stardom Off the Screen
  2. pp. 29-30
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  1. 1. From Cansinoto Hayworth to Beckworth: Constructing the Star Person(a)
  2. pp. 31-65
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  1. 2. Rita Lives for Love: The Family Life of Hollywood’s Unhappiest Star
  2. pp. 66-108
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  1. Part Two: Film Stars, Film Texts, Film Studies
  2. pp. 109-110
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  1. 3. I’m the Goddessof Song and Danceper: Forming Competence in Down to Earth
  2. pp. 111-143
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  1. 4. I Told You Not to Move—I Mean It! Cross-Examining Gilda and The Lady from Shanghai
  2. pp. 145-172
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  1. 5. This Is Hayworth as Hayworth Really Is: The Secret Agent(s) of Affair in Tinidad and a Few Words about Miss Sadie Thompson and Salome
  2. pp. 172-197
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  1. Afterword: Replacing the Love Goddess
  2. pp. 198-206
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  1. Notes
  2. pp. 207-246
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  1. Cansino/Hayworth Filmography
  2. pp. 247-256
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  1. Bibliography
  2. pp. 257-266
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 267-272
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