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11%OFFAdrienne L. McLean - Being Rita Hayworth - 9780813533896 - V9780813533896
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Being Rita Hayworth

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Description for Being Rita Hayworth Paperback. .

Who was Rita Hayworth? Born Margarita Carmen Cansino, she spent her life subjected to others' definitions of her, no matter how hard she worked to claim her own identity. Although there have been many "revelations" about her life and career, Adrienne McLean's book is the first to show that such disclosures were part of a constructed image from the outset.

McLean explores Hayworth's participation in the creation of her star persona, particularly through her work as a dancer-a subject ignored by most film scholars. The passive love goddess, as it turns out, had a unique appeal to other ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813533896
SKU
V9780813533896
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About Adrienne L. McLean
ADRIENNE L. MCLEAN is Professor of Film Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas. She is also the author of Dying Swans and Madmen and the co-editor of Headline Hollywood: A Century of Film Scandal.

Reviews for Being Rita Hayworth
McLean's work is significant because it addresses a major flaw in the majority of star studies
the lack of knowledge regarding how movie stars were created by the Hollywood studio system. She achieves an understanding of movie stars as economic constructs, of the relationship of their real selves to their images, and of how a star's original meaning and reception by ... Read more

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