Oscar Bait: The Academy Awards & Cultural Prestige
Author:   Robert Boucaut
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781032982038


Pages:   228
Publication Date:   22 September 2025
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Robert Boucaut
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.440kg
ISBN:  

9781032982038


ISBN 10:   1032982039
Pages:   228
Publication Date:   22 September 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. What is Oscar Bait?: Opening Monologue PART I: Oscars Knowledges 2. Understanding the Oscars 3. Theorising ‘Oscar’: An Institutional Persona PART II: The Modern Oscars 4. “WTF Is the Academy Thinking?”: The Oscars: 2019-2021 5. “The Film is Totally Feminist”: Exploring Identity Intersections 6. “There Can Be a Hundred People in the Room”: Celebrities Pursuing Greatness 7. “I’m Allergic to That Movie”: Oscar’s Evaluative Frameworks 8. “As Someone Who Has Endured Far More than His Fair Share of Oscar Bait…”: The Meanings of Oscar 9. “The Academy Congratulates Anthony Hopkins and Accepts the Oscar on His Behalf” [Roll Credits]: Closing the Show

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Robert Boucaut (he/him) is a lecturer in media at the University of Adelaide. His research analyses screen texts and stardoms for the mediated structures they occupy, the cultural concerns they embody, and the discursive actions of their audience. He has published works in Critical Studies in Television, Media International Australia, and the International Journal of Communication.

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