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The Actress: Hollywood Acting and the Female Star
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The Actress: Hollywood Acting and the Female Star Paperback - 2006

by Karen Hollinger


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The Actress: Hollywood Acting and the Female Star investigates the contemporary film actress both as an artist and as an ideological construct. Divided into two sections, The Actress first examines the major issues in studying film acting, stardom, and the Hollywood actress. Part Two examines five case studies: Meryl Streep, Susan Sarandon, Jodie Foster, Angela Basset, and Gwyneth Paltrow, each of whose careers exemplify key issues in the creation of film stardom, the function of acting style, and the creation of celebrity. Combining theories of screen acting and of film stardom, The Actress presents a synthesis of methodologies and offers the student and scholar a new approach to these two subjects of study.Throughout the book, Hollinger emphasizes the craft of acting, a dimension of the subject often given less attention than other elements in the study of female stardom.

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The Actress: Hollywood Acting and the Female Star investigates the contemporary film actress both as an artist and as an ideological construct. Divided into two sections, The Actress first examines the major issues in studying film acting, stardom, and the Hollywood actress. Combining theories of screen acting and of film stardom, The Actress presents a synthesis of methodologies and offers the student and scholar a new approach to these two subjects of study.

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  • Title The Actress: Hollywood Acting and the Female Star
  • Author Karen Hollinger
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First printing
  • Pages 270
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Routledge
  • Date April 19, 2006
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780415977920 / 0415977924
  • Weight 0.81 lbs (0.37 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.75 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 1.91 cm)
  • Themes
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Library of Congress subjects Motion picture actors and actresses - United, Actresses - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005031057
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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Citations

  • Reference and Research Bk News, 08/01/2006, Page 292

About the author

Karen Hollinger is Professor of English in the Department of Languages, Literature, and Philosophy at Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah, Georgia.

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