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Acting for America [electronic resource] : movie stars of the 1980s / edited by Robert Eberwein.

Contributor(s): Eberwein, Robert T, 1940- | ebrary, Inc.
Series: Star decades: American culture/American cinema. Publisher: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2010Description: ix, 295 p. : ill.Subject(s): Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- BiographyGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 791.4302/80922 | B Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Robert De Niro: star as actor auteur / Aaron Baker -- Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger: androgynous macho men / Rebecca Bell-Metereau -- Jessica Lange and Sissy Spacek: country girls / William Brown -- Mel Gibson and Tom Cruise: rebellion and conformity / Michael DeAngelis -- Michael J. Fox and the Brat Pack: contrasting identities / Robert Eberwein -- Eddie Murphy: the rise and fall of the golden child / Krin Gabbard -- Sigourney Weaver : woman warrior, working girl / Chris Holmlund -- Harrison Ford: a well-tempered machismo / Adam Knee -- Sally FIeld and Goldie Hawn: feminism, post-feminism, and cactus flower politics / Christina Lane -- Meryl Streep: feminism and femininity in the era of backlash / Linda Mizejewski -- Clint Eastwood and Bruce Willis: enforcers left and right / James Morrison -- Steve Martin and John Candy: penny wise and pound foolish / Jerry Mosher -- In the wings / Robert Eberwein.
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791.4302/80922 B (Browse shelf) Available

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Robert De Niro: star as actor auteur / Aaron Baker -- Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger: androgynous macho men / Rebecca Bell-Metereau -- Jessica Lange and Sissy Spacek: country girls / William Brown -- Mel Gibson and Tom Cruise: rebellion and conformity / Michael DeAngelis -- Michael J. Fox and the Brat Pack: contrasting identities / Robert Eberwein -- Eddie Murphy: the rise and fall of the golden child / Krin Gabbard -- Sigourney Weaver : woman warrior, working girl / Chris Holmlund -- Harrison Ford: a well-tempered machismo / Adam Knee -- Sally FIeld and Goldie Hawn: feminism, post-feminism, and cactus flower politics / Christina Lane -- Meryl Streep: feminism and femininity in the era of backlash / Linda Mizejewski -- Clint Eastwood and Bruce Willis: enforcers left and right / James Morrison -- Steve Martin and John Candy: penny wise and pound foolish / Jerry Mosher -- In the wings / Robert Eberwein.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.