1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910781825403321

Autore

Crowell Ellen

Titolo

The dandy in Irish and American southern fiction : aristocratic drag / / Ellen Crowell [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2007

ISBN

0-7486-5205-1

1-281-25199-2

9786611251994

0-7486-3101-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 205 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Edinburgh studies in transatlantic literatures

Classificazione

HG 431

Disciplina

823.809352621

Soggetti

Dandies in literature

English fiction - Irish authors - History and criticism

English fiction - 19th century - History and criticism

English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism

American fiction - Southern States - History and criticism

American fiction - 19th century - History and criticism

American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-200) and index.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; COPYRIGHT; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Oaks, Serpents and Dandies; 2. The Picture of Charles Bon; 3. Ferocious Beauty; Epilogue; Works Cited and Consulted; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book identifies and interprets the longstanding  transatlantic dialogue between the literary imaginations of Anglo-Ireland and the Anglo-American South.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910300020703321

Autore

York Lorraine Mary <1958->

Titolo

Reluctant Celebrity : Affect and Privilege in Contemporary Stardom / / by Lorraine York

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018

ISBN

9783319711744

3319711741

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (IX, 153 p. 1 illus.)

Disciplina

305.520973

Soggetti

Popular culture

Motion pictures

Television broadcasting

Actors

Popular Culture

Film and Television Studies

Performers and Practitioners

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction: "Treasonous Drift: Celebrity Reluctance as Privilege" -- 2. Inviting the Shadow to the Party: John Cusack and the Politics of Reluctance -- 3. Robert De Niro's (In)articulate Reluctance -- 4. "I'm Not Going to Be the Poster Boy for This. Although I am the Poster Boy": Daniel Craig's Reluctant Bonding -- 5. Conclusion: Reluctance's Other.

Sommario/riassunto

In this book, Lorraine York examines the figure of the celebrity who expresses discomfort with his or her intense condition of social visibility. Bringing together the fields of celebrity studies and what Ann Cvetkovich has called the "affective turn in cultural studies", York studies the mixed affect of reluctance, as it is performed by public figures in the entertainment industries. Setting aside the question of whether these performances are offered "in good faith" or not, York theorizes reluctance as the affective meeting ground of seemingly opposite emotions: disinclination and inclination. The figures under



study in this book are John Cusack, Robert De Niro, and Daniel Craig-three white, straight, cis-gendered-male cinematic stars who have persistently and publicly expressed a feeling of reluctance about their celebrity. York examines how the performance of reluctance, which is generally admired in celebrities, builds up cultural prestige that can then be turned to other purposes. .