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Natalie Wood

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Description for Natalie Wood Paperback. A lucid and engaging study of the enigmatic stardom of Natalie Wood, locating her star persona in the changing production contexts of Hollywood and in the shifting perceptions of female sexuality and agency. This persuasive text seeks to rectify her neglected career by throwing light on her contributions to Hollywood both as an actor and as a star. Series: Film Stars. Num Pages: 160 pages, 30 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: APB; APFA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 137 x 190 x 13. Weight in Grams: 222.
Throughout her career, Natalie Wood teetered precariously on the edge of greatness. Trained in the classical Hollywood studio style, but best mentored by Method directors, Wood was the ideal actress for roles depicting shifting perceptions of American womanhood. Nonetheless, while many of her films are considered classics of mid-twentieth century American cinema, she is less remembered for her acting than she is for her mysterious and tragic death.

Rebecca Sullivan's lucid and engaging study of Natalie Wood's career sheds new light on her enormous, albeit uneven, contributions to American cinema. This persuasive text argues for renewed appreciation of ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Film Stars
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844576371
SKU
V9781844576371
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About Rebecca Sullivan
REBECCA SULLIVAN is Professor and Coordinator of the Women's Studies program at the University of Calgary, Canada. She is the author of Visual Habits: Nuns, Feminism and Postwar American Popular Culture (2005) and Bonnie Sherr Klein's 'Not a Love Story' (2014), and co-author of Pornography: Structures, Agency and Performance (2015).

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