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Author |
: Mia Mask |
Publisher |
: University of Illinois Press |
Total Pages |
: 323 |
Release |
: 2010-10-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780252091827 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0252091825 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (27 Downloads) |
Synopsis Divas on Screen by : Mia Mask
This insightful study places African American women's stardom in historical and industrial contexts by examining the star personae of five African American women: Dorothy Dandridge, Pam Grier, Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey, and Halle Berry. Interpreting each woman's celebrity as predicated on a brand of charismatic authority, Mia Mask shows how these female stars have ultimately complicated the conventional discursive practices through which blackness and womanhood have been represented in commercial cinema, independent film, and network television. Mask examines the function of these stars in seminal yet underanalyzed films. She considers Dandridge's status as a sexual commodity in films such as Tamango, revealing the contradictory discourses regarding race and sexuality in segregation-era American culture. Grier's feminist-camp performances in sexploitation pictures Women in Cages and The Big Doll House and her subsequent blaxploitation vehicles Coffy and Foxy Brown highlight a similar tension between representing African American women as both objectified stereotypes and powerful, self-defining icons. Mask reads Goldberg's transforming habits in Sister Act and The Associate as representative of her unruly comedic routines, while Winfrey's daily television performance as self-made, self-help guru echoes Horatio Alger narratives of success. Finally, Mask analyzes Berry's meteoric success by acknowledging the ways in which Dandridge's career made Berry's possible.
Author |
: Mia Luise Mask |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 345 |
Release |
: 2001 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0493059504 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780493059501 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (04 Downloads) |
Synopsis Divas of the Silver Screen by : Mia Luise Mask
Author |
: Susanne Kord |
Publisher |
: Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages |
: 200 |
Release |
: 2005 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0742537099 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780742537095 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (99 Downloads) |
Synopsis Hollywood Divas, Indie Queens, and TV Heroines by : Susanne Kord
Hollywood Divas, Indie Queens, and TV Heroines offers an entertaining and critical look at the representation of women in recent movies. Written in a refreshingly accessible style, the book analyzes over thirty box-office hits. The authors explore the screen personae of top stars such as Julia Roberts, Sandra Bullock, Meg Ryan, and Renée Zellweger, as well as independent movie queens like Parker Posey and TV heroines like Sarah Michelle Gellar of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. A must-read book for all film buffs who are tired of the mixed gender messages of mainstream culture.
Author |
: Michael Karol |
Publisher |
: iUniverse |
Total Pages |
: 173 |
Release |
: 2006-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780595402519 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0595402518 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (19 Downloads) |
Synopsis Sitcom Queens by : Michael Karol
Whether it was Lucy and Ethel (Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance) or Eve Arden as Miss Brooks, Gale Storm as her dad's "little" Margie, always interfering but with the best of intentions, or the more modern Bea Arthur as Maude, flaunting the conventions of how a woman was supposed to behave, we all have our favorite funny ladies who brought us laughter every week, and, for a half-hour at least, took us away from our daily problems. Classic TV expert Michael Karol, in a series of original essays, examines the roles these Sitcom Queens played on TV, and how they became the beloved TV icons of generation after generation of TV fans. With a sitcom timeline and a Top 10!
Author |
: Steve Massa |
Publisher |
: BearManor Media |
Total Pages |
: 644 |
Release |
: 2017-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1629331333 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781629331331 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (33 Downloads) |
Synopsis SLAPSTICK DIVAS by : Steve Massa
Illustrated with 440 rare movie scene shots, formal portraits, candid behind the scenes photos, film frame enlargements, trade magazine advertisements, lobby cards, stage photographs, artist's renderings and caricatures, and casting guide entries.
Author |
: Eric Schaefer |
Publisher |
: Duke University Press |
Total Pages |
: 517 |
Release |
: 2014-03-21 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780822376804 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0822376806 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (04 Downloads) |
Synopsis Sex Scene by : Eric Schaefer
Sex Scene suggests that what we have come to understand as the sexual revolution of the late 1960s and early 1970s was actually a media revolution. In lively essays, the contributors examine a range of mass media—film and television, recorded sound, and publishing—that provide evidence of the circulation of sex in the public sphere, from the mainstream to the fringe. They discuss art films such as I am Curious (Yellow), mainstream movies including Midnight Cowboy, sexploitation films such as Mantis in Lace, the emergence of erotic film festivals and of gay pornography, the use of multimedia in sex education, and the sexual innuendo of The Love Boat. Scholars of cultural studies, history, and media studies, the contributors bring shared concerns to their diverse topics. They highlight the increasingly fluid divide between public and private, the rise of consumer and therapeutic cultures, and the relationship between identity politics and individual rights. The provocative surveys and case studies in this nuanced cultural history reframe the "sexual revolution" as the mass sexualization of our mediated world. Contributors. Joseph Lam Duong, Jeffrey Escoffier, Kevin M. Flanagan, Elena Gorfinkel, Raymond J. Haberski Jr., Joan Hawkins, Kevin Heffernan, Eithne Johnson, Arthur Knight, Elana Levine, Christie Milliken, Eric Schaefer, Jeffrey Sconce, Jacob Smith, Leigh Ann Wheeler, Linda Williams
Author |
: Agata Frymus |
Publisher |
: Rutgers University Press |
Total Pages |
: 244 |
Release |
: 2020-04-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781978806085 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1978806086 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (85 Downloads) |
Synopsis Damsels and Divas by : Agata Frymus
Damsels and Divas examines the careers of three European stars of silent Hollywood: Pola Negri, Vilma Bánky and Jetta Goudal. Through the interrogation of their star personae - as depicted by their on-screen presence, film magazines, fan letters, popular press and promotional material - it analyses the meanings of Europeanness and whiteness in the United States.
Author |
: James Robert Parish |
Publisher |
: McGraw-Hill Companies |
Total Pages |
: 340 |
Release |
: 2003 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0071408193 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780071408196 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Synopsis Hollywood Divas by : James Robert Parish
From the birth of the silver screen, "It Girls" laid down a sequined trail of self-indulgence and scandalous bad behavior. "Hollywood Divas" traces that glittering path from legendary icons to today's most high-maintenance celebrities of film and TV. 70 photos.
Author |
: Jacqueline Journey |
Publisher |
: Bookbaby |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2018-05-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1543909183 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781543909180 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (83 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Diva's in the Details by : Jacqueline Journey
If you've ever wondered how to get the life you know you deserve, look no further. Award-winning producer and actress, Jacqueline Journey, delivers the ultimate and comprehensive guide to confidence, courage & style. The Diva's in the Details teaches you how to overcome what's holding you back, step up your game and go after the life you've always wanted! Featuring Oscar winners, Grammy winners, billionaires, icons and legends, Jacqueline Journey reveals the secrets of those who have mastered the details that can change your life. Includes an amazing Bonus Resource section with essential tips on Body Language, Manners & Etiquette, First Impression Fundamentals, Press, Pick-Me-Ups and more!
Author |
: De'nesha Diamond |
Publisher |
: Kensington Publishing Corp. |
Total Pages |
: 384 |
Release |
: 2011-10-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780758278616 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0758278616 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (16 Downloads) |
Synopsis Hustlin' Divas by : De'nesha Diamond
In the first book of a fierce new series, meet Memphis's hardest ride-or-die chicks as they fight along with their infamous men to lock down the Dirty South. Memphis is the crime capital of America, and no one knows that better than the women born and raised on its mean streets. It's put sisters Ta'Shara and LeShelle on opposite sides of the street game, where blood means nothing and loyalty doesn't last long. It's also got Yolanda, an ambitious drug mule, and Melanie, a police detective, caught up with the same man--the notorious hustler Python. These four women think they've got the game figured out, but the one man they have in common will have them living double lives and wondering who will come out on top. Forget what you heard about East Coast/West Coast, 'cause real vendettas are born in the Dirty South. "Diamond's ear for street talk comes across loud and clear. . .a violent and profane tale, which launches a gritty new series. The divas here are realistic characters, and the pacing zooms. . .one of the best constructed street lit stories of 2010." --Library Journal "A nonstop, hard-hitting page-turner." --Tu-Shonda L. Whitaker