{"product_id":"vivien-leigh-actress-and-icon-9781526125088","title":"Vivien Leigh: Actress and Icon","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edited volume provides new readings of the life and career of iconic actress Vivien Leigh (1913–67). Written by experts in theatre and film studies and curators from the Victoria and Albert Museum, it uses newly accessible family archives to explore the intensely complex relationship between Leigh’s approach to the craft of acting for stage and screen and how she shaped, developed and projected her public persona as one of the most talked about and photographed actresses of her era. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeaturing key contributors from the UK, France and the US, the chapters range from analyses of Leigh's work on stage and screen to her collaborations with designers and photographers, an analysis of her fan base, her interior designs and the ‘public ownership’ of Leigh’s celebrity status during her lifetime and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘In an important work of feminist cultural histography, the essays displace earlier approaches to Leigh that see her work as secondary to her personal life and her husband Laurence Olivier’s supposedly superior talent. Insightful chapters explore the relationship between Leigh’s public and private personas, her preparatory work, performances and collaborations with French directors.’\u003cbr\u003eMaria Delgado, Times Higher Education ‘What are you reading?’ February 2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The eclectic range of writers each brings their own expertise, thus making a unique contribution to advancing academic discourses on Leigh, as well as in several other important areas of study.'\u003cbr\u003eThe Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'…this volume offers an excellent model for re-thinking how we might push past ways of looking at actresses that privilege uncomplicated ideas about women, performance, and celebrity.  Leigh did not write an autobiography.'\u003cbr\u003eTulsa Studies in Women’s Literature\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Re-reading Vivien Leigh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 Vivien Leigh, actress and icon: introduction – Kate Dorney and Maggie B. Gale\u003cbr\u003e2 Public faces\/private lives: performing Vivien Leigh – Kate Dorney\u003cbr\u003e3 Making Vivien Leigh mad – Maggie B. Gale\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: The actress at work\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4 An actress prepares – John Stokes \u003cbr\u003e5 Film performance and Vivien Leigh: from starlet to Scarlett, and Blanche Dubois to Mrs Stone\u003cb\u003e – \u003c\/b\u003eLucy Bolton\u003cbr\u003e6 Vivien Leigh and her French collaborations: a rethinking of her art – Arnaud Duprat de Montero\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Constructed identities\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7 From the fans – Kendra Bean\u003cbr\u003e8 Dressing the part: costume and character – Keith Lodwick\u003cbr\u003e9 Leigh through the lens: photographic collaborators – Susanna Brown\u003cbr\u003e10 ‘A living set’: at home with Vivien Leigh – Hollie Price\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040992198999,"sku":"9781526125088","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781526125088.jpg?v=1750948518","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/vivien-leigh-actress-and-icon-9781526125088","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}