{"product_id":"idols-of-modernity-movie-stars-of-the-1920s-paperback-softback-9780813547329","title":"Idols of Modernity; Movie Stars of the 1920s (Paperback \/ softback) 9780813547329","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eIdols of Modernity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMovie Stars of the 1920s\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePatrice Petro (Edited by), Patrice Petro (Introduction by), Scott Curtis (Contributions by), Mary Desjardins (Contributions by), Lucy Fischer (Contributions by), Krin Gabbard (Contributions by), Gerd Gemunden (Contributions by), Lea Jacobs (Contributions by), Amy Lawrence (Contributions by), Paula J. Massood (Contributions by), Joanna E. Rapf (Contributions by), Yiman Wang (Contributions by), Charles Wolfe (Contributions by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813547329\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 4 March 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e328 pages, 50 photographs\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.6 x 2.5 cm, 0.481 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"A collection of fascinating, stellar essays on the emerging culture of celebrity during the 1920s. Highly recommended.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Choice) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Incisive, elegantly crafted essays chronicling the major figures in the first years of the star system. \u003ci\u003eIdols of Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e is a rigorous, insightful, and refreshing look at the stars of the 1920s, the world in which they lived, the directors, producers and studios who shaped their public image, and the audiences who flocked to see their films.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Screening the Past) \u003cdiv\u003e\"A collection of fascinating, stellar essays on the emerging culture of celebrity during the 1920s. Highly recommended.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Choice) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Incisive, elegantly crafted essays chronicling the major figures in the first years of the star system. \u003ci\u003eIdols of Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e is a rigorous, insightful, and refreshing look at the stars of the 1920s, the world in which they lived, the directors, producers and studios who shaped their public image, and the audiences who flocked to see their films.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Screening the Past)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eWith its sharp focus on stardom during the 1920s, \u003ci\u003eIdols of Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e reveals strong connections and dissonances in matters of storytelling and performance that can be traced both backward and forward, across Europe, Asia, and the United States, from the silent era into the emergence of sound.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBringing together the best new work on\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ecinema\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand stardom in the 1920s, this illustrated collection showcases the range of complex social, institutional, and aesthetic issues at work in American cinema of this time. Attentive to stardom as an ensemble of texts, contexts, and social phenomena stretching beyond the cinema, major scholars provide careful analysis of the careers of both well-known and now forgotten stars of the silent and early sound era-Douglas Fairbanks, Buster Keaton, the Talmadge sisters, Rudolph Valentino, Gloria Swanson, Clara Bow, Colleen Moore, Greta Garbo, Anna May Wong, Emil Jannings, Al Jolson, Ernest Morrison, Noble Johnson, Evelyn Preer, Lincoln Perry, and Marie Dressler.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eDouglas Fairbanks : king of Hollywood\u003cbr\u003e Buster Keaton : comic invention and the art of moving pictures\u003cbr\u003e The Talmadge sisters : a forgotten filmmaking dynasty\u003cbr\u003e Rudolph Valentino : Italian American\u003cbr\u003e An appetite for living : Gloria Swanson, Colleen Moore, and Clara Bow\u003cbr\u003e Greta Garbo : fashioning a star image\u003cbr\u003e Anna May Wong : toward Janus-faced, border-crossing, \"\u003cbr\u003eminor\"\u003cbr\u003e stardom\u003cbr\u003e Emil Jannings : translating the star\u003cbr\u003e Al Jolson : the man who changed the movies forever\u003cbr\u003e African American stardom inside and outside of Hollywood : Ernest Morrison, Noble Johnson, Evelyn Preer, and Lincoln Perry\u003cbr\u003e Marie Dressler : thief of the talkies\u003cbr\u003e In the wings\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52702127194392,"sku":"9780813547329","price":27.88,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/idols-of-modernity-movie-stars-of-the-1920s-paperback-softback-9780813547329","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}