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Reframing Vivien Leigh : stardom, gender and the archive / Lisa Stead.
LIBRA PN2598.L46 S74 2021
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stead, Lisa, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Actors--Great Britain--Biography.
- Actors.
- Great Britain.
- Leigh, Vivien, 1913-1967.
- Leigh, Vivien.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- "Reframing Vivien Leigh takes a fresh new look at one of the twentieth century's most iconic stars. Focussing on Vivien Leigh as a distinctly archival subject, the book draws upon original oral history work with curators, archivists and fan collectives and extensive research within a network of official and unofficial archives around the world to produce alternative stories about her place within film history. The study examines an intriguing variety of historical correspondence, costume, scripts, photography, props and memorabilia in order to reframe the dominant narratives that have surrounded her life and career. Whilst Leigh's glamour, collaborations with Laurence Olivier and mental health form important coordinates for any study of the star, the book foregrounds a range of alternative contexts which foreground her creative agency, examining her off-screen labor in areas such as theatrical training, adaptation, war work, producing, protesting and interactions with her fan base"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. I STARDOM, GENDER, AND THE ARCHIVE
- 1. "A consummate actress, hampered by beauty": Archiving stage and screen craft
- 2. Collaboration, adaptation, and unmade projects
- 3. Documenting other roles: Alternative star labor
- pt. II ARCHIVAL LEGACIES
- 4. "Her sort of trouble": Archiving breakdown
- 5. The posthumous archive: Collecting, collectors, and memorabilia
- 6. "The Vivien Leigh room": Memorializing a local star.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Stead, Lisa, Reframing Vivien Leigh
- ISBN:
- 9780190906504
- 0190906502
- 9780190906511
- 0190906510
- OCLC:
- 1199327828
- Publisher Number:
- 99987144340
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