Overview
Film and Television Stardom examines film and television stars as a collectively complex, intriguing social phenomenon from the early twentieth century to the present day. Its range of topics includes (but is certainly not limited to) the emergence and historical development of the star system, silent-film stardom, stardom and media spectatorship, stardom and consumption, stardom and the paparazzi, reality-television ""stars,"" stars in the news, and studies of individual stars. In addition to providing numerous new insights and approaches to exploring the phenomenon of film stardom (past and present), its various chapters significantly expand the comparatively nascent body of academic writing that has been devoted to investigating the historical and theoretical aspects of television stardom by focusing on both traditional television programming genres and the more recent phenomenon of reality-television programming. The numerous stars addressed in this book (including Roseanne Barr, Gertrude Berg, Ingrid Bergman, Cher, Sacha Baron Cohen, Bette Davis, Jodie Foster, Jerry Lewis, Carmen Miranda, Anita Page, Jessica Simpson, and James Stewart) are analyzed in relation to noteworthy performances in a variety of well-known films (including The Accused, The Broadway Melody, Cinderfella, Citizen Kane, Dark Victory, The Man from Laramie, Persona, and Singin' in the Rain) and television programs (including Da Ali G Show, The Apprentice, The Goldbergs, Roseanne, and Survivor).
Full Product Details
Author: Kylo-Patrick R. Hart
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Imprint: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Edition: Unabridged edition
Dimensions:
Width: 14.80cm
, Height: 3.30cm
, Length: 21.20cm
Weight: 0.635kg
ISBN: 9781847186287
ISBN 10: 1847186289
Pages: 390
Publication Date: 18 July 2008
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Reviews
Film and Television Stardom is important because it looks at stars as positioned in mass culture and investigates the star phenomenon as both individual person and complex set of cultural processes. At a time when scholarly interest in the field of stardom is on the rise, the book's combination of cutting-edge research and keen sense of the past sets it apart from other anthologies - CATHERINE R. BURKE, New York City-based librarian and media educator One of the most impressive aspects of this anthology is its meticulous and ultimately quite fascinating historical research. Due to the diversity of its subjects and methodological approaches, Film and Television Stardom will lend itself to a variety of courses and research agendas. - AMANDA ANN KLEIN, Assistant Professor, East Carolina University
Author Information
Kylo-Patrick R. Hart (Ph.D., University of Michigan) is Chair of the Department of Communication and Media Studies at Plymouth State University, where he teaches courses in film and television studies, video production, and popular culture. He is the author or editor of several books, including The AIDS Movie: Representing a Pandemic in Film and Television, Film and Sexual Politics, and Mediated Deviance and Social Otherness: Interrogating Influential Representations.
