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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453326703321

Autore

Dalton David <1945->

Titolo

James Dean [[electronic resource] ] : the mutant king : a biography / / David Dalton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : A Cappella, 2001

ISBN

1-56976-999-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (385 p.)

Disciplina

791.43/028/092

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Soggetti

Motion picture actors and actresses - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: New York : St. Martin's Press, 1983. Rev. ed.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references, discography, and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Introduction to the Revised Edition; Chapter One: The Double World (1931-1940); Chapter Two: The Omphalos of Normalcy (1940-1949); Chapter Three: School Daze (1940-1949); Chapter Four: The '49-er (1949-1951); Chapter Five: Persistence of the White Bear (1951); Chapter Six: An Orthicon Ghost (1952-1954); Chapter Seven: Diary of a Face (1952-1954); Chapter Eight: I'm Just a Human Bean (May-August 1954); Chapter Nine: Hollywood Babbles On (1954-1955); Chapter Ten: No Different Flesh (Fall 1954-Spring 1955); Chapter Eleven: Rebel Without a Cause (March-May 1955)

Chapter Twelve: Wall of Air (May-September 30, 1955)Chapter Thirteen: Lone Star State (May-September 1955); Chapter Fourteen: Osiris Rising (1955-1974); The Mutant King; Bibliography; Discography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This is the book that restarted the James Dean cult by celebrating him as the cool, defiant visionary of pop culture who made adolescence seem heroic instead of awkward and who defined the style of rock 'n' roll's politics of delinquency. The only book to fully show how deliberately and carefully Dean crafted his own image and performances, and the product of still unequalled research, vivid writing, intimate photographs, and profound meditation, James Dean: The Mutant King has become almost as legendary as its subject.