Revisiting Star Studies: Cultures, Themes and Methods

From Hollywood to Bollywood, from China to Italy, and from Poland to Mexico, this collection revisits the definitions and origins of star studies, and points the way forward to new ways of approaching the field.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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Contents
pp v-vii
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List of Figures
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Acknowledgements
pp x-x
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Introduction: Performing stardom: star studies in transformation and expansion
pp 1-22
- By Sabrina Qiong Yu, Senior Lecturer in Chinese and Film Studies at Newcastle University.
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PART 1 - STAR PERFORMANCE
pp 23-24
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1 - Revisiting performance: Nicole Kidman's enactment of stardom
pp 25-44
- By Pam Cook, Professor Emerita in Film at the University of Southampton.
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2 - Film stars in the perspective of performance studies: play, liminality and alteration in Chinese Cinema
pp 45-62
- By Yingjin Zhang, Distinguished Professor and Chair of Department of Literature at University of California, San Diego.
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PART 2 - STAR VOICES
pp 63-64
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3 - ‘Speaking in a forked tongue’: Anna May Wong's linguistic cosmopolitanism
pp 65-83
- By Yiman Wang, Associate Professor of Film and Digital Media at University of California, Santa Cruz.
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4 - Song taxonomies: Indian popular cinema's territories of stardom
pp 84-102
- By Kiranmayi Indraganti, teaches film across undergraduate and PhD programmes at Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore, India.
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PART 3 - STARS AND ETHNICITY
pp 103-104
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5 - Whitewashing the Dreamgirls: Beyoncé, Diana Ross and the commodification of blackness
pp 105-124
- By Jaap Kooijman, Associate Professor in Media Studies and American Studies at the University of Amsterdam.
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6 - Darsheel Safary: globalisation, liberalisation and the changing face of the Bollywood child star
pp 125-144
- By Michael Lawrence, Reader in Film Studies at the University of Sussex.
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PART 4 - STARS AND AGEING
pp 145-146
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7 - ‘When Barbara strips off her petticoats and straps on her guns’: Barbara Stanwyck, maturity and stardom in the 1950s and 1960s
pp 147-161
- By Linda Berkvens, received a PhD in Film Studies from the University of Sussex.
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8 - Confronting the impossibility of impossible bodies: Tom Cruise and the ageing male action hero movie
pp 162-184
- By Lisa Purse, Associate Professor of Film in the Department of Film, Theatre and Television at the University of Reading.
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PART 5 - STARS AND AUDIENCES
pp 185-186
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9 - Heroines at the outskirts of culture: Hollywood stardom in intra-and transcultural practices of Camp
pp 187-204
- By Anna Malinowska, Assistant Professor in Literary and Cultural Studies at the Institute of English Cultures and Literatures, University of Silesia, Poland.
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10 - YouTube as archive: fans, gender and Mexican film stars online
pp 205-222
- By Niamh Thornton, Reader in Latin American Studies at the University of Liverpool.
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PART 6 - ABERRANT STARDOM
pp 223-224
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11 - In your face: Montgomery Clift comes out as crip in The Young Lions
pp 225-239
- By Elisabetta Girelli, Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of St Andrews.
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12 - ‘Una diva non come le altre’: Le streghe and the paradoxical stardom of Silvana Mangano
pp 240-258
- By Leon Hunt, Senior Lecturer in Film and TV Studies at Brunel University.
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PART 7 - AT THE MARGINS OF FILM STARDOM
pp 259-260
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13 - ‘I want James Deen to Deen me with his Deen’: the multi-layered stardom of James Deen
pp 261-278
- By Clarissa Smith, Professor of Sexual Cultures at the University of Sunderland., Sarah Taylor-Harman, presently completing her PhD in Screen Media at Brunel University, London
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14 - Celebrity creatures: the ‘starification’ of the cinematic animal
pp 279-294
- By Stella Hockenhull, Reader in Film and Television Studies at the University of Wolverhampton.
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Notes on the contributors
pp 295-298
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Index
pp 299-310
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Cultures, Themes and Methods

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vii

List of Figures
pp viii-ix

Acknowledgements
pp x-x

Introduction: Performing stardom: star studies in transformation and expansion
pp 1-22

PART 1 - STAR PERFORMANCE
pp 23-24

1 - Revisiting performance: Nicole Kidman's enactment of stardom
pp 25-44

2 - Film stars in the perspective of performance studies: play, liminality and alteration in Chinese Cinema
pp 45-62

PART 2 - STAR VOICES
pp 63-64

3 - ‘Speaking in a forked tongue’: Anna May Wong's linguistic cosmopolitanism
pp 65-83

4 - Song taxonomies: Indian popular cinema's territories of stardom
pp 84-102

PART 3 - STARS AND ETHNICITY
pp 103-104

5 - Whitewashing the Dreamgirls: Beyoncé, Diana Ross and the commodification of blackness
pp 105-124

6 - Darsheel Safary: globalisation, liberalisation and the changing face of the Bollywood child star
pp 125-144

PART 4 - STARS AND AGEING
pp 145-146

7 - ‘When Barbara strips off her petticoats and straps on her guns’: Barbara Stanwyck, maturity and stardom in the 1950s and 1960s
pp 147-161

8 - Confronting the impossibility of impossible bodies: Tom Cruise and the ageing male action hero movie
pp 162-184

PART 5 - STARS AND AUDIENCES
pp 185-186

9 - Heroines at the outskirts of culture: Hollywood stardom in intra-and transcultural practices of Camp
pp 187-204

10 - YouTube as archive: fans, gender and Mexican film stars online
pp 205-222

PART 6 - ABERRANT STARDOM
pp 223-224

11 - In your face: Montgomery Clift comes out as crip in The Young Lions
pp 225-239

12 - ‘Una diva non come le altre’: Le streghe and the paradoxical stardom of Silvana Mangano
pp 240-258

PART 7 - AT THE MARGINS OF FILM STARDOM
pp 259-260

13 - ‘I want James Deen to Deen me with his Deen’: the multi-layered stardom of James Deen
pp 261-278

14 - Celebrity creatures: the ‘starification’ of the cinematic animal
pp 279-294

Notes on the contributors
pp 295-298

Index
pp 299-310

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