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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797626903321

Autore

Gregory Mollie

Titolo

Stuntwomen : the untold Hollywood story / / Mollie Gregory

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lexington, Kentucky : , : University Press of Kentucky, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

0-8131-6675-6

0-8131-6624-1

0-8131-6623-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (0 p.)

Collana

Screen classics

Disciplina

791.43/6522

Soggetti

Women stunt performers

Women in the motion picture industry - California - Los Angeles - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 The Rise and Fall of Female Stunt Players in Silent Movies -- 2 Blackface and Wigs -- 3 Television -- 4 Stunt Performers Organize -- 5 Social Turmoil Brings New Opportunities for Women and Minorities -- 6 The Women's Movement and Female Action Heroes -- 7 Disaster Movies and Disastrous Stunts -- 8 Stunt Safety and Gender Discrimination -- 9 Danger, Drugs, and Death -- 10 Breaking the Code of Silence -- 11 Women's New Attitudes and Ambitions -- 12 Julie Johnson's Day in Court -- 13 High Falls -- 14 Stunt Fights -- 15 Car Stunts -- 16 Computer-Generated Imagery and the Future of Stunt Work -- 17 Controversy and Progress for Stuntwomen -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Stunts are fundamental to the movies. 'Stuntwomen' examines the largely unexplored profession of stuntwomen in the American entertainment industry from the silent movie era to the 2000's.