{"product_id":"a-great-big-girl-like-me-9780252034282","title":"A Great Big Girl Like Me","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA captivating study of one of classic Hollywood's most fascinating bodies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An eminently good read.”--\u003ci\u003eThe Bay Area Reporter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[An] excellent, superbly detailed and illustrated book. . . . Highly recommended.”--\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An important, groundbreaking work. In reminding us of the stardom of Marie Dressler--the most significant female box-office star of the early sound era in Hollywood--Sturtevant not only tells the definitive story of this unjustly forgotten figure, but calls into question the very idea that stardom is simply an 'industry of desire.'\"--David Desser, coeditor of \u003ci\u003eHollywood Goes Shopping\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Rich with archival materials, this marvelous study of Marie Dressler's film career deranges the norm, questions critical assumptions, and challenges our historical comprehension of the period.\"--Jennifer M. Bean, coeditor of \u003ci\u003eA Feminist Reader in Early Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments   ix\u003cbr\u003e 1. \u003ci\u003eTillie's Punctured Romance:\u003c\/i\u003e Genre and the Body   1\u003cbr\u003e 2. Breaking Boundaries: The Unruly Body   30\u003cbr\u003e 3. \u003ci\u003ePolitics\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eProsperity:\u003c\/i\u003e The Body Politic   60\u003cbr\u003e 4. \u003ci\u003eMin and Bill\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTugboat Annie:\u003c\/i\u003e The Mythic Body   93\u003cbr\u003e 5. \u003ci\u003eEmma\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eChristopher Bean:\u003c\/i\u003e The Sexual Body   126\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion \u003ci\u003eDinner at Eight:\u003c\/i\u003e The Unclosed Body   161  Notes   173\u003cbr\u003e Filmography: Dressler's Feature Films   185\u003cbr\u003e Index   187","brand":"MO - University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51036818178391,"sku":"9780252034282","price":91.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252034282.jpg?v=1750932647","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-great-big-girl-like-me-9780252034282","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}