04057nam 2200661Ia 450 991046165050332120200520144314.01-78034-794-41-280-49244-997866135876710-8135-5325-310.36019/9780813553252(CKB)2670000000175997(EBL)878238(OCoLC)784885426(SSID)ssj0000676186(PQKBManifestationID)11461200(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000676186(PQKBWorkID)10677463(PQKB)11189978(MiAaPQ)EBC878238(MdBmJHUP)muse17493(DE-B1597)530332(DE-B1597)9780813553252(Au-PeEL)EBL878238(CaPaEBR)ebr10546115(EXLCZ)99267000000017599720110613d2012 ub 0engur||#||||||||txtccrPretty people[electronic resource] movie stars of the 1990s /edited by Anna EverettNew Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers University Press20121 online resource (289 p.)Star decades: American culture/American cinemaDescription based upon print version of record.0-8135-5244-3 0-8135-5148-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --CONTENTS --Acknowledgments --Introduction: Stardom in the 1990's --1 Arnold Schwarzenegger: Corporeal Charisma --2 Jodie Foster: Feminist Hero? --3 Denzel Washington: A Revisionist Black Masculinity --4 Julia Roberts: Cultural Phenomenon --5 Leonardo DiCaprio: King of the “World” --6 Antonio Banderas, Andy Garcia, and Edward James Olmos: Stardom, Masculinity, and “Latinidades” --7 Tom Hanks and Tom Cruise: The Box Office and “True Masculinity” --8 Angela Bassett and Halle Berry: African American Leading Ladies --9 Michael Douglas: An Ordinary Man --10 Pierce Brosnan: Licensed to Sell --11 Johnny Depp and Keanu Reeves: Hollywood and the Iconoclasts --In the Wings --Works Cited --Contributors --IndexIn the 1990's, American civil society got upended and reordered as many social, cultural, political, and economic institutions were changed forever. Pretty People 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. Such 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 1990's Hollywood and its stars, this collection marks the changes to stardom and society at century’s end.Star decades: American culture/American cinema.Motion picture actors and actressesUnited StatesBiographyMotion picture actors and actressesBiographyElectronic books.Motion picture actors and actressesMotion picture actors and actresses791.4302/80922Everett Anna1954-1056765MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461650503321Pretty people2491376UNINA