All Stars And Movie Stars
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Author | : Ron Briley |
Publisher | : University Press of Kentucky |
Total Pages | : 393 |
Release | : 2021-05-11 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 0813183219 |
Sports films are popular forms of entertainment around the world, but beyond simply amusing audiences, they also reveal much about class, race, gender, sexuality, and national identity. In All-Stars and Movie Stars, Ron Briley, Michael K. Schoenecke, and Deborah A. Carmichael explore the interplay between sports films and critical aspects of our culture, examining them as both historical artifacts and building blocks of ideologies, values, and stereotypes. The book covers not only Hollywood hits such as Field of Dreams and Miracle but also documentaries such as The Journey of the African American Athlete and international cinema, such as the German film The Miracle of Bern. The book also explores television coverage of sports, commenting on the relationship of media to golf and offering a new perspective on the culture and politics behind the depictions of the world's most popular pastimes. The first part of the book addresses how sports films represent the cultural events, patterns, and movements of the times in which they were set, as well as the effect of the media and athletic industry on the athletes themselves. Latham Hunter examines how the baseball classic The Natural reflects traditional ideas about gender, heroism, and nation, and Harper Cossar addresses how the production methods used in televised golf affect viewers. The second section deals with issues such as the growth of women's involvement in athletics, sexual preference in the sports world, and the ever-present question of race by looking at sports classics such as Rocky, Hoosiers, and A League of Their Own. Finally, the authors address the historical and present-day role sports play in the international and political arena by examining such films as Visions of Eight and The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner. This important and unique collection illuminates the prominent role that sports play in society and how that role is reflected in film. Analysis of the depiction of sports in film and television provides a deeper understanding of the appeal that sports hold for people worldwide and of the forces behind the historic and cultural traditions linked to sports.
Author | : Steven Jay Schneider |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 640 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Motion picture actors and actresses |
ISBN | : 9780733320514 |
Humphrey Bogart. . . Marilyn Monroe. . . Meryl Streep. . . James Dean. . . Paul Newman. . .Not just run-of-the-mill film actors but larger-than-life movie stars who have captured the collective imagination, inspired millions of fans across the world, and gained immortality through their performances on and off the screen. 501 Movie Stars pays homage to these legends, trend-setters, and pop culture idols, with a dazzling and comprehensive gallery of the biggest movie stars from around the world. Every notable name to have worked their magic in front of the camera is here, from Gloria Swanson to Julia Roberts, from Frank Sinatra to Arnold Schwarzenegger... and 497 more! the A-Z approach of 501 Movie Stars allows you to locate any actor with maximum ease, making it an ideal movie-lover's reference. Each star has at least one full page devoted to their work, with a complete filmography and feature boxes on awards, cameos, favourite directors and stylistic trademarks. With 501 Movie Stars to hand, you'll have a one-stop resource to the larger-than-life faces of film that you can turn to and enjoy again and again.
Author | : David Shipman |
Publisher | : Angus & Robertson |
Total Pages | : 662 |
Release | : 1972 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
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Author | : Joel Hirschhorn |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 386 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : Motion picture actors and actresses |
ISBN | : 9780881761528 |
Author | : Brad Austin |
Publisher | : University of Wisconsin Pres |
Total Pages | : 359 |
Release | : 2022-07-12 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 029932124X |
For teachers at the college and high school levels, this volume provides cutting-edge research and practical strategies for incorporating sports into the U.S. history classroom.
Author | : Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones |
Publisher | : Edinburgh University Press |
Total Pages | : 440 |
Release | : 2018-07-13 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 0748675655 |
Author | : Rebecca Bell-Metereau |
Publisher | : Wayne State University Press |
Total Pages | : 373 |
Release | : 2015-12-07 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 0814339409 |
Star Bodies and the Erotics of Suffering offers film buffs, students, and scholars a fresh take on casting, method acting, audience reception, and the tensions at play in our fascination with an actor’s dual role as private individual and cultural icon.
Author | : Julie Lobalzo Wright |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 2017-12-28 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 1628925787 |
Crossover Stardom: Popular Male Stars in American Cinema focuses on male music stars who have attempted to achieve film stardom. Crossover stardom can describe stars who cross from one medium to another. Although 'crossover' has become a popular term to describe many modern stars who appear in various mediums, crossover stardom has a long history, going back to the beginning of the cinema. Lobalzo Wright begins with Bing Crosby, a significant Hollywood star in the studio era; moving to Elvis Presley in the 1950s and 1960s, as the studio system collapsed; to Kris Kristofferson in the New Hollywood period of the 1970s; and ending with Will Smith and Justin Timberlake, in the contemporary era, when corporate conglomerates dominate Hollywood. Thus, the study not only explores music stardom (and music genres) in various eras, and masculinity within these periods, it also surveys the history of American cinema from industrial and cultural perspectives, from the 1930s to today.
Author | : Lyn Gardner |
Publisher | : Nosy Crow |
Total Pages | : 157 |
Release | : 2012-02-02 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 0857630776 |
The Swan Academy is under threat from closure due to a building development next door. Into this tense atmosphere come Cosmo and Cosmina, the famous singing/acting twins from Hollywood. They are staring in Peter Pan and are learning to fly! A series of mysterious accidents in the theatre threaten to close the production. Who is out to sabotage everything...and why?
Author | : Andy Bennett |
Publisher | : SAGE |
Total Pages | : 665 |
Release | : 2015-01-19 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1473910994 |
"The SAGE Handbook of Popular Music is a comprehensive, smartly-conceived volume that can take its place as the new standard reference in popular music. The editors have shown great care in covering classic debates while moving the field into new, exciting areas of scholarship. International in its focus and pleasantly wide-ranging across historical periods, the Handbook is accessible to students but full of material of interest to those teaching and researching in the field." - Will Straw, McGill University "Celebrating the maturation of popular music studies and recognizing the immense changes that have recently taken place in the conditions of popular music production, The SAGE Handbook of Popular Music features contributions from many of the leading scholars in the field. Every chapter is well defined and to the point, with bibliographies that capture the history of the field. Authoritative, expertly organized and absolutely up-to-date, this collection will instantly become the backbone of teaching and research across the Anglophone world and is certain to be cited for years to come." - Barry Shank, author of ′The Political Force of Musical Beauty′ (2014) The SAGE Handbook of Popular Music provides a highly comprehensive and accessible summary of the key aspects of popular music studies. The text is divided into 9 sections: Theory and Method The Business of Popular Music Popular Music History The Global and the Local The Star System Body and Identity Media Technology Digital Economies Each section has been chosen to reflect both established aspects of popular music studies as well as more recently emerging sub-fields. The handbook constitutes a timely and important contribution to popular music studies during a significant period of theoretical and empirical growth and innovation in the field. This is a benchmark work which will be essential reading for educators and students in popular music studies, musicology, cultural studies, media studies and cultural sociology.