{"product_id":"pretty-people-movie-stars-of-the-1990s-paperback-softback-9780813552453","title":"Pretty People; Movie Stars of the 1990s (Paperback \/ softback) 9780813552453","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePretty People\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMovie Stars of the 1990s\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAnna Everett (Edited by), Murray Pomerance (Contributions by), Mary Beth Haralovich (Contributions by), Toby Miller (Contributions by), Linda Ruth Williams (Contributions by), Laura Isabel Serna (Contributions by), Tara McPherson (Contributions by), Mia Mask (Contributions by), Melvin Donalson (Contributions by), Cynthia Fuchs (Contributions by), Tracey Hoover (Contributions by), Gilberto M Blasini (Contributions by), Karen Hollinger (Contributions by), Donna Peberdy (Contributions by), R. Barton Palmer (Contributions by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813552453\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 24 April 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e288 pages, 51 photograghs\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.6 x 1.8 cm, 0.426 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\"Everett assembles a coterie of capable scholars to investigate changes in society, popular culture, and stardom during the 1990s. Several chapters shine with insight. Everett's chapter on the talents of the iconoclastic Johnny Depp delights as it instructs. Recommended.\"\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e (Choice)\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\n\u003cp\u003eIn the 1990s, American civil society got upended and reordered as many social, cultural, political, and economic institutions were changed forever. \u003ci\u003ePretty People\u003c\/i\u003e examines a wide range of Hollywood icons who reflect how stardom in that decade was transformed as the nation itself was signaling significant changes to familiar ideas about gender, race, ethnicity, age, class, sexuality, and nationality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSuch actors as Denzel Washington, Andy Garcia, Halle Berry, Angela Bassett, Will Smith, Jennifer Lopez, and Antonio Banderas became bona fide movie stars who carried major films to amazing box-office success. Five of the decade’s top ten films were opened by three women—Julia Roberts, Jodie Foster, and Whoopi Goldberg. “Chick flick” entered the lexicon as Leonardo DiCaprio became the “King of the World,” ushering in the cult of the mega celebrity. Tom Hanks and Tom Cruise defined screen masculinity as stark contrasts between “the regular guy” and “the intense guy” while the roles of Michael Douglas exemplified the endangered “Average White Male.” A fascinating composite portrait of 1990s Hollywood and its stars, this collection marks the changes to stardom and society at century’s end.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52559300493592,"sku":"9780813552453","price":27.88,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/pretty-people-movie-stars-of-the-1990s-paperback-softback-9780813552453","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}