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Book SynopsisA collection of essays on the concept of film stardom, and the shifting definition of a 'star'. The collection ranges across contemporary stars such as Sandra Bullock, Jackie Chan and Jim Carrey, those from Hollywood's past like Clara Bow and Charlton Heston, and those from other arenas, such as Prince and Cynthia Rothrock.
Table of ContentsIntroduction - Andy Willis
1. Clara Bow is 'It' - Cynthia Felando
2. Contesting the feminine mystique: Rosalind Russell, 'Auntie Mame' and performativity - Jane Hendler
3. 'Charlton Heston is an axiom': Spectacle and performance in the development of the blockbuster - Mark Jancovich
4. Jim Carrey: The cultural politics of dumbing down - Philip Drake
5. The rise and fall of Sandra Bullock: Notes on starmaking and female stardom in contemporary Hollywood - Peter Krämer
6. Rumble in the USA: Jackie Chan in translation - Mark Gallagher
7. Kenneth Branagh: Shakespearean film, cultural capital and star status - Nick Cox
8. 'Baby I'm a star': Towards a political economy of the actor formally known as Prince - Lisa Taylor
9. Cynthia Rothrock: From the ghetto of exploitation - Andy Willis
