Actress Hollywood Acting and the Female Star

Name: Actress Hollywood Acting and the Female Star
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ISBN: 9780415977920

ISBN-10: 0415977924

ISBN-13: 9780415977920

Edition: 2006

Authors: Karen Hollinger

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The Actress: Hollywood Acting and the Female Starinvestigates the contemporary film actress both as an artist and as an ideological construct. Divided into two sections,The Actressfirst examines the major issues in studying film acting, stardom, and the Hollywood actress. Part Two examines five case studies: Meryl Streep, Susan Sarandon, Jodie Foster, Angela Basset, and Gwyneth Paltrow, each of whose careers exemplify key issues in the creation of film stardom, the function of acting style, and the creation of celebrity. Combining theories of screen acting and of film stardom,The Actresspresents a synthesis of methodologies and offers the student and scholar a new approach to these two…

Book details

List price: $44.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 4/19/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 270
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface


The Author



Acting, Stardom, and the Hollywood Actress



The Hollywood Star-Actress and Studies of Acting



The Hollywood Star-Actress and Studies of Stardom



Star Acting and the Hollywood Star-Actress



Case Studies of Contemporary Star-Actresses



"Magic Meryl": Meryl Streep



Susan the Siren: Susan Sarandon



"A Perfect Acting Machine": Jodie Foster



Angela the Icon: Angela Bassett



The First Lady of Miramax: Gwyneth Paltrow



Conclusion


Bibliography


Index