| Description |
xii, 308 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Console-ing passions
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Console-ing passions.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-303) and index. |
| Contents |
"The elegance...is almost overwhelming" : glamour and discursive struggles over female stardom in early television -- Norma Desmond, your spell is everywhere : the time and place of the female film star in 1950s television and film -- Maureen O'Hara's "confidential" life : recycling Hollywood film stars in the 1950s through scandalous gossip and moral biography -- After the laughter : recycling Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz as a star couple -- Star bodies, star bios : stardom, gender, and identity politics. |
| Subject |
Television actors and actresses -- United States.
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Television actors and actresses. |
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United States. |
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Women in mass media.
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Women in mass media. |
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Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States.
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Motion picture actors and actresses. |
| ISBN |
0822357895 (hardcover) (alkaline paper) |
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0822358026 (paperback) (alkaline paper) |
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0822376032 (e-book) |
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9780822357896 (hardcover) (alkaline paper) |
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9780822358022 (paperback) (alkaline paper) |
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9780822376033 (e-book) |
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