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1 online resource (324 pages) |
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Summary |
In Precocious Charms, Gaylyn Studlar examines how Hollywood presented female stars as young girls or girls on the verge of becoming women. Child stars are part of this study but so too are adult actresses who created motion picture masquerades of youthfulness. Studlar details how Mary Pickford, Shirley Temple, Deanna Durbin, Elizabeth Taylor, Jennifer Jones, and Audrey Hepburn performed girlhood in their films. She charts the multifaceted processes that linked their juvenated star personas to a wide variety of cultural influences, ranging from Victorian sentimental art to New Look fash. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Introduction -- Oh, "doll divine": Mary Pickford, masquerade, and the pedophilic gaze -- Cosseting the nation, or, how to conquer fear itself with Shirley Temple -- "The little girl with the big voice": Deanna Durbin and sonic womanliness -- Velvet's cherry: Elizabeth Taylor and virginal English girlhood -- Perilous transition: Jennifer Jones as melodrama's hysterical adolescent -- "Chi-Chi Cinderella": Audrey Hepburn as couture countermodel -- Conclusion. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Girls in motion pictures.
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Girls in motion pictures. |
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Teenage girls in motion pictures.
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Teenage girls in motion pictures. |
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Motion pictures -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Motion pictures. |
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United States. |
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History. |
Chronological Term |
20th century |
Subject |
Child actors -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Child actors. |
Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Other Form: |
Print version: 9780520255579 |
ISBN |
9780520955295 (electronic book) |
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0520955293 (electronic book) |
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0520955293 |
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9780520255579 (cloth : alkaline paper) |
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0520255577 (cloth : alkaline paper) |
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9780520274242 (paperback : alkaline paper) |
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0520274245 (paperback : alkaline paper) |
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