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Masculinities in American Cinema : The Evolution of Male Stardom, 1909-1941.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sharot, Stephen.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (281 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Bloomsbury Academic & Professional, 2026.
- Summary:
- Stephen Sharot traces the evolution of male stardom from its beginnings in 1909 through the United States' entrance into World War II in 1941, highlighting the influence of a changing American society on masculine identity and ideals.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acronyms for Trade and Fan Magazines
- Introduction: Perspectives on Masculinity
- Masculinities and Stars in Film Studies
- Sociological Perspectives
- Female Perspectives on Star Masculinities
- Chapter 1: Early Male Stars
- Preconditions of the Star System
- The Beginnings of Stardom
- The Sociohistorical Context of the Masculinities of the Early Stars
- Masculinities and Class Location of the Early Stars
- Chapter 2: Fan Magazines and New Stars
- Fan Magazines: From Stories to Stars
- New Stars: Personas of Youth
- New Stars: Country Boy and Sophisticated Primitive
- Chapter 3: The 1920s: Latin Lovers, Leading Men, and He-Man Stars
- Gender, Popularity, and the Top Moneymaking Stars
- Changing Masculinities of the 1920s
- Eroticized and Grotesque Masculinities
- Leading Men
- From Leading Men to "He-Man" Stars
- Chapter 4: The 1920s: Masculinization, Regular Guys, and Debonairs
- From Boyhood to Manhood
- Regular Fellows
- Debonairs
- Chapter 5: The Transition to Sound, the Great Depression, and a Woman's Hollywood
- "Talkies" and the Great Depression
- Star Personas from Silent to Sound
- Stardom Begins at (over) 40
- Debonair Leading Men in a Woman's Hollywood
- Leading Men for Female Stars
- Chapter 6: The 1930s: Tough Guys and Working-Class Personas
- Fan Magazines Classify Masculinities
- Tough-Guys Personas, On-Screen and Off-Screen
- Tough Guys: Modified Personas and Discordant Expectations
- Chapter 7: The 1930s: British Gentlemen and Leading Men
- The British (and Irish) Contingent
- American-Born Leading Men
- Chapter 8: The 1930s: Glamorous Males, Debonairs, Crooners, and New Stars
- Hard and Soft: Gary Cooper
- Debonairs and Crooners
- New Male Stars
- Conclusion: The Second World War and After.
- New Male Stars in the Postwar Period
- Stardom and Masculinities in the Post-Studio Period
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9798216370567
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