03506nam 2200721Ia 450 991046312830332120200520144314.00-520-94942-097866132780811-283-27808-110.1525/9780520949423(CKB)2670000000355354(EBL)685411(OCoLC)719321908(SSID)ssj0000526289(PQKBManifestationID)11335040(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000526289(PQKBWorkID)10518798(PQKB)10953594(MiAaPQ)EBC685411(MdBmJHUP)muse30883(DE-B1597)520258(OCoLC)721927339(DE-B1597)9780520949423(Au-PeEL)EBL685411(CaPaEBR)ebr10466789(CaONFJC)MIL327808(EXLCZ)99267000000035535420101001d2011 ub 0engur||#||||||||txtccrTwilight of the idols[electronic resource] Hollywood and the human sciences in 1920s America /Mark Lynn AndersonBerkeley University of California Pressc20111 online resource (239 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-23711-0 0-520-26708-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Illustrations --Acknowledgments --Introduction --1. The Early Hollywood Scandals and the Death of Wallace Reid --2. Psychoanalysis and Fandom in the Leopold and Loeb Trial --3. Queer Valentino --4. Black Valentino --5. Mabel Normand and the Ends of Error --Notes --Bibliography --IndexTwilight of the Idols revisits some of the sensational scandals of early Hollywood to evaluate their importance for our contemporary understanding of human deviance. By analyzing changes in the star system and by exploring the careers of individual stars-Wallace Reid, Rudolph Valentino, and Mabel Normand among them-Mark Lynn Anderson shows how the era's celebrity culture shaped public ideas about personality and human conduct and played a pivotal role in the emergent human sciences of psychology, anthropology, and sociology. Anderson looks at motion picture stars who embodied various forms of deviance-narcotic addiction, criminality, sexual perversion, and racial indeterminacy. He considers how the studios profited from popularizing ideas about deviance, and how the debates generated by the early Hollywood scandals continue to affect our notions of personality, sexuality, and public morals.Motion picturesSocial aspectsUnited StatesPopular cultureUnited StatesMotion picture industryUnited StatesHistory20th centuryMotion picture actors and actressesUnited StatesCelebritiesUnited StatesElectronic books.Motion picturesSocial aspectsPopular cultureMotion picture industryHistoryMotion picture actors and actressesCelebrities384/.80973Anderson Mark Lynn1960-1044270MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463128303321Twilight of the idols2469811UNINA