Paul McDonald

Hollywood Stardom

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Through a deft integration of star and film industry studies, Hollywood Stardom reveals the inextricable bonds between culture and commerce in contemporary notions of film stardom.

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By integrating star studies and film industry studies, Hollywood Stardom reveals the inextricable bonds between culture and commerce in contemporary notions of film stardom.

Integrates the traditions of star studies and industry studies to establish an original and innovative mode of analysis whereby the 'star image' is replaced with the 'star brand'
Offers the first extensive analysis of stardom in the 'post-studio' era
Combines genre, narrative, acting, and discourse analysis with aspects of marketing theory and the economic analysis of the film market
Draws on an extensive body of research data not previously deployed in film scholarship
A wide range of star examples are explored including George Clooney, Mel Gibson, Tom Cruise, Daniel Day-Lewis, Tom Hanks, Will Smith, and Julia Roberts

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 151mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 488g
• ISBN-13: 9781405179836
• ISBN-10: 140517983X
• Artikelnr.: 36264410

Autorenporträt

Paul McDonald is Chair of Creative Industries at the University of Nottingham. He is the author of The Star System: Hollywood's Production of Popular Identities (2000) and Video and DVD Industries (2007), and co-editor of The Contemporary Hollywood Film Industry (2008).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction Part One: Star
Business 1. The Symbolic Commerce of Hollywood Stardom 2. Star-as-Brand 3.
The Extraordinary Ordinariness of Tom Hanks Part Two: Star System 4.
Post-Studio Stardom 5. Money and Talent 6. "The Will Smith Business" Part
Three: Star Performance 7. Spectacular Acts 8. Prestige Stardom and the
Awards System 9. Starring Julia Roberts 10. Conclusion Appendix: Academy
Award Nominees and Winners in the Actress and Actor in a Leading Role
Categories, 1990-2009 References Index

Rezensionen

"In Hollywood Stardom the relationship between Hollywood modes of production and economic film theory is given the importance that it deserves ... It is clear that Paul McDonald knows a great deal about Hollywood movie stars."
Cassone: The International Online Magazine of Art and Art Books (June 2013)