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C O N T E N T S Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Stardom in the 1980s 1 ROBERT EBERWEIN 1 Robert De Niro: Star as Actor Auteur 19 AARON BAKER 2 Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger: Androgynous Macho Men 36 REBECCA BELL-METEREAU 3 Jessica Lange and Sissy Spacek: Country Girls 57 WILLIAM BROWN 4 Mel Gibson and Tom Cruise: Rebellion and Conformity 77 MICHAEL DeANGELIS 5 Michael J. Fox and the Brat Pack: Contrasting Identities 99 ROBERT EBERWEIN 6 Eddie Murphy:The Rise and Fall of the Golden Child 120 KRIN GABBARD 7 Sigourney Weaver:Woman Warrior,Working Girl 139 CHRIS HOLMLUND 8 Harrison Ford:A Well-Tempered Machismo 160 ADAM KNEE 9 Sally Field and Goldie Hawn: Feminism, Post-feminism, and Cactus Flower Politics 180 CHRISTINA LANE 10 Meryl Streep: Feminism and Femininity in the Era of Backlash 201 LINDA MIZEJEWSKI 11 Clint Eastwood and Bruce Willis: Enforcers Left and Right 223 JAMES MORRISON 12 Steve Martin and John Candy: Penny Wise and Pound Foolish 243 JERRY MOSHER ★★★★★★★★★★ ✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩ In the Wings 263 ROBERT EBERWEIN Works Cited 271 Contributors 279 Index 281 viii CONTENTS ...

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