Acting for America : movie stars of the 1980s /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New Brunswick, N.J. :
Rutgers University Press,
[2010]
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| Series: | Star decades: American culture/American cinema.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Robert De Niro: star as actor auteur / Aaron Baker
- Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger: androgynous macho men / Rebecca Bell-Metereau
- Jessica Lange and Sissy Spacek: country girls / William Brown
- Mel Gibson and Tom Cruise: rebellion and conformity / Michael DeAngelis
- Michael J. Fox and the Brat Pack: contrasting identities / Robert Eberwein
- Eddie Murphy: the rise and fall of the golden child / Krin Gabbard
- Sigourney Weaver : woman warrior, working girl / Chris Holmlund
- Harrison Ford: a well-tempered machismo / Adam Knee
- Sally FIeld and Goldie Hawn: feminism, post-feminism, and cactus flower politics / Christina Lane
- Meryl Streep: feminism and femininity in the era of backlash / Linda Mizejewski
- Clint Eastwood and Bruce Willis: enforcers left and right / James Morrison
- Steve Martin and John Candy: penny wise and pound foolish / Jerry Mosher
- In the wings / Robert Eberwein.