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New Constellations: Movie Stars of the 1960s
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New Constellations: Movie Stars of the 1960s Hardcover - 2012

by Pamela Robertson Wojcik (Editor); Contribution by Leslie Abramson; Contribution by Cynthia Baron


From the publisher

American culture changed radically over the course of the 1960s, and the culture of Hollywood was no exception. The film industry began the decade confidently churning out epic spectacles and lavish musicals, but became flummoxed as new aesthetics and modes of production emerged, and low-budget youth pictures like Easy Rider became commercial hits. New Constellations: Movie Stars of the 1960s tells the story of the final glory days of the studio system and changing conceptions of stardom, considering such Hollywood icons as Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman alongside such hallmarks of youth culture as Mia Farrow and Dustin Hoffman. Others, like Sidney Poitier and Peter Sellers, took advantage of the developing independent and international film markets to craft truly groundbreaking screen personae. And some were simply "famous for being famous," with celebrities like Zsa Zsa Gabor and Edie Sedgwick paving the way for today's reality stars.

Details

  • Title New Constellations: Movie Stars of the 1960s
  • Author Pamela Robertson Wojcik (Editor); Contribution by Leslie Abramson; Contribution by Cynthia Baron
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Rutgers University Press
  • Date 2012-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780813551715 / 0813551714
  • Weight 1.4 lbs (0.64 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 6.1 x 0.8 in (23.62 x 15.49 x 2.03 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Motion picture actors and actresses - United
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011010857
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

About the author

PAMELA ROBERTSON WOJICK teaches film and is director of gender studies at Notre Dame. She is the author of Guilty Pleasures: Feminist Camp from Mae West to Madonna and The Apartment Plot: Urban Living in American Film and Popular Culture, 1945 to 1975.