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Impossible bodies : femininity and masculinity at the movies.

By: Holmlund, ChristineMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Comedia SerPublisher: London : Taylor & Francis Group, 2002Copyright date: ©2001Description: 1 online resource (250 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781136284366Subject(s): Body, Human, in motion picturesAdditional physical formats: Print version:: Impossible BodiesDDC classification: 791.43/653 LOC classification: PN1995.9.B62.H656 2002Online access: Open e-book
Contents:
Cover -- About the Author -- Otherbooks -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I: Gensturing toward Genries -- 1: Visible difference and flex Appeal -- 2: When is a Lesbian not a Lesbian? -- 3: Nouveaux westerns for the 1990s -- Part II: Siding with Sidekicks -- 4: Cruisin' for a Bruisin' -- 5: Swede as "Other -- 6: Latinas in La-La Land -- Part III: Staring at Stars -- 7: Channeling desire, making Whoopi -- 8: The Aging Clint -- 9: Marketing Dolly Dialectics -- Notes -- Filmography -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Impossible Bodies investigates issues of ethnicity, gender, and sexuality in contemporary Hollywood. Examining stars from Arnold Schwarzenegger and Clint Eastwood, to Whoopi Goldberg and Jennifer Lopez, Holmlund focuses on actors whose physique or appearance marks them as unusual or exceptional, and yet who occupy key and revealing positions in today's mainstream cinema. Exploring a range of genres and considering both stars and their sidekicks, Holmlund examines ways in which Hollywood accommodates - or doesn't - a variety of 'impossible' bodies, from the 'outrageous' physiques of Dolph Lundgren and Dolly Parton, to the almost-invisible bodies of Asian-Americans, Latinas and older actors.
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Cover -- About the Author -- Otherbooks -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I: Gensturing toward Genries -- 1: Visible difference and flex Appeal -- 2: When is a Lesbian not a Lesbian? -- 3: Nouveaux westerns for the 1990s -- Part II: Siding with Sidekicks -- 4: Cruisin' for a Bruisin' -- 5: Swede as "Other -- 6: Latinas in La-La Land -- Part III: Staring at Stars -- 7: Channeling desire, making Whoopi -- 8: The Aging Clint -- 9: Marketing Dolly Dialectics -- Notes -- Filmography -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.

Impossible Bodies investigates issues of ethnicity, gender, and sexuality in contemporary Hollywood. Examining stars from Arnold Schwarzenegger and Clint Eastwood, to Whoopi Goldberg and Jennifer Lopez, Holmlund focuses on actors whose physique or appearance marks them as unusual or exceptional, and yet who occupy key and revealing positions in today's mainstream cinema. Exploring a range of genres and considering both stars and their sidekicks, Holmlund examines ways in which Hollywood accommodates - or doesn't - a variety of 'impossible' bodies, from the 'outrageous' physiques of Dolph Lundgren and Dolly Parton, to the almost-invisible bodies of Asian-Americans, Latinas and older actors.

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