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- Acting for America: Movie Stars of the 1980s
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: Rutgers University Press
- Series: Star Decades: American Culture/American
summary
Acting for America focuses on the way film icons have engaged in and defined some major issues of cultural and social concern to America during the 1980s. Scholars employing a variety of useful approaches explore how these movie stars' films speak to an increased audience awareness of advances in feminism, new ideas about masculinity, and the complex political atmosphere in the Age of Reagan. The essays demonstrate the range of these stars' contributions to such conversations in a variety of films, including blockbusters and major genres.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgements
- p. ix
- Robert De Niro: Star as Actor Auteur
- pp. 19-35
- Harrison Ford: A Well-Tempered Machismo
- pp. 160-179
- In the Wings
- pp. 263-269
- Works Cited
- pp. 271-277
- Contributors
- pp. 279-280
Additional Information
ISBN
9780813551135
Related ISBN(s)
9780813547596
MARC Record
OCLC
779173708
Pages
288
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No