Beyond the Looking Glass : : Narcissism and Female Stardom in Studio-Era Hollywood / / Ana Salzberg.
As living subjects rather than static icons, studio-era Hollywood actresses actively negotiated a balance between their public personas, film roles, and corporeal presence. The contemporary audience’s engagement with the experience of these actresses unsettles the traditional model of narcissistic i...
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| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction. The Narcissistic Woman: Refl ections and Projections
- Chapter 1. Garbo Talks: Expectation and Realization
- Chapter 2. Katharine Hepburn and a Hollywood Story
- Chapter 3. Vanishing Diff erences in Mildred Pierce (1945) and Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
- Chapter 4. One Touch of Venus: Ava Gardner, Rita Hayworth, and the Production Code
- Chapter 5. “Wherever There’s Magic”: Performance Time in Sunset Boulevard (1950) and All About Eve (1950)
- Chapter 6. Marilyn Monroe: “The Last Glimmering of the Sacred”
- Chapter 7. Neo-Screen Tests, Part One: Grace Kelly and Elizabeth Taylor
- Chapter 8. Neo-Screen Tests, Part Two: The Search for Scarlett Continues
- Filmography
- Bibliography
- Index