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Informationen zum Autor Andrew Willis is Senior Lecturer in Media and Performance at the University of Salford Klappentext A collection of essays on the concept of film stardom, and the shifting definition of a 'star'. The collection ranges across contemporary stars such as Sandra Bullock, Jackie Chan and Jim Carrey, those from Hollywood's past like Clara Bow and Charlton Heston, and those from other arenas, such as Prince and Cynthia Rothrock. Zusammenfassung A collection of essays on the concept of film stardom! and the shifting definition of a 'star'. The collection ranges across contemporary stars such as Sandra Bullock! Jackie Chan and Jim Carrey! those from Hollywood's past like Clara Bow and Charlton Heston! and those from other arenas! such as Prince and Cynthia Rothrock. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction - Andy Willis1. Clara Bow is 'It' - Cynthia Felando2. Contesting the feminine mystique: Rosalind Russell, 'Auntie Mame' and performativity - Jane Hendler3. 'Charlton Heston is an axiom': Spectacle and performance in the development of the blockbuster - Mark Jancovich4. Jim Carrey: The cultural politics of dumbing down - Philip Drake5. The rise and fall of Sandra Bullock: Notes on starmaking and female stardom in contemporary Hollywood - Peter Krämer6. Rumble in the USA: Jackie Chan in translation - Mark Gallagher7. Kenneth Branagh: Shakespearean film, cultural capital and star status - Nick Cox8. 'Baby I'm a star': Towards a political economy of the actor formally known as Prince -Lisa Taylor9. Cynthia Rothrock: From the ghetto of exploitation - Andy Willis
