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Anita Ekberg : international blonde / edited by Ann-Kristin Wallengren, Richard Dyer and Tytti Soila.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- International film stars
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ekberg, Anita, 1931-2015--Criticism and interpretation.
- Ekberg, Anita.
- Actresses--Biography.
- Actresses.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 234 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2026]
- Summary:
- Complicates and challenges widespread perceptions of Swedish actor Anita Ekberg An examination of an icon of glamour and excessAn appreciation of the work of celebrity and performanceA look at a star across nations, genres and phases of lifeA range of critical approaches in the study of a key star and celebrityAnita Ekberg was a major international star now chiefly remembered for her half-hour appearance in La dolce vita. She was a Swedish film star who worked extensively in the USA, Italy and elsewhere in Europe but never in Sweden. She was seen as a curvaceous blonde in the Marilyn Monroe mould whose roles and style were nothing like Monroe's. She was celebrated or looked down on for her fabulous looks but never appreciated for her performance. This collection looks at all these facets of Ekberg's career, examining the nature of her star image and discussing her skills as actress and celebrity. It considers the perception of her body in different national contexts and genres and as she aged, the significance of casting, directors, dress and performance and the role of the press, class, ethnicity and her own agency in the production of this fascinating personality"-- De Gruyter Brill.
- Contents:
- Anita Ekberg’s path to fame in 1950s Hollywood / Ann Kristin Wallengren
- Anita’s boobs and the Swedish press : reports on the reception of Ekberg’s career during the pre-La dolce vita period / Tytti Soila
- The goddess and the cult auteur : Ekberg and Gerd Oswald / Tim Bergfelder
- Screaming Mimi / Richard Dyer
- Star economy : Anita Ekberg’s labour in the Italian film industry / Andreas Ehrenreich
- Ekberg performing ‘Anita’ / Ann Kristin Wallengren
- Anita and Federico / Louis Bayman
- Anita without Federico : Ekberg’s body, voice and persona in the Italian media landscape (1958–1964) / Mariapaola Pierini
- Is ‘hot ice’ still hot in her forties? Anita Ekberg’s image in the 1970s, from stereotypes about ageing to the scandal of anachronism / Giovanna Maina
- Constructing and deconstructing an icon : Anita Ekberg in La dolce vita and Intervista / Anne Jerslev
- ‘Fashionably Anita’ : complying with and resisting the vestimentary system / Louise Wallenberg
- The Girl in the Fountain : the film about Anita / Paola Jacobbi, Camilla Paternò and Antongiulio Panizz.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references, filmography, and index.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (De Gruyter Brill, viewed January 2, 2026).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Anita Ekberg
- ISBN:
- 9781399532204
- 1399532200
- 9781399532198
- 1399532197
- OCLC:
- 1553846620
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000309569
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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