In this Book
- Being Rita Hayworth: Labor, Identity, and Hollywood Stardom
- Book
- 2004
- Published by: Rutgers University Press
summary
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.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-xiv
- Introduction: Why Rita Hayworth?
- pp. 1-28
- Part One: Stardom Off the Screen
- pp. 29-30
- Afterword: Replacing the Love Goddess
- pp. 198-206
- Cansino/Hayworth Filmography
- pp. 247-256
- Bibliography
- pp. 257-266
Additional Information
ISBN
9780813551159
Related ISBN(s)
9780813533889
MARC Record
OCLC
794701259
Pages
288
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No