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Acting for America: Movie Stars of the 1980s

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A captivating cast of 1980s power and talent--John Candy, Tom Cruise, Robert DeNiro, Clint Eastwood, Sally Field, Harrison Ford, Michael J. Fox, Mel Gibson, Goldie Hawn, Jessica Lange, Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sissy Spacek, Sylvester Stallone, Meryl Streep, Sigourney Weaver, Bruce Willis, and the "Brat Pack"—stars in the drama of this decade. Acting for America focuses on the way these film icons have engaged in and defined some major issues of cultural and social concern to America during the 1980s.

Scholars employing a variety of useful approaches explore how these movie stars' films speak to an increased ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
Star Decades: American Culture/American Cinema
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813547602
SKU
V9780813547602
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About Robert Eberwein (Ed.)
ROBERT EBERWEIN is distinguished professor of English emeritus at Oakland University. He is the author of Armed Forces: Masculinity and Sexuality in the American War Film; The War Film; Sex ED: Film, Video, and the Framework of Desire (all Rutgers University Press), and The Hollywood War Film.

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