LEADER 03753nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910463010003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-520-95529-3 010 $a1-283-86036-8 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520955295 035 $a(CKB)2670000000312459 035 $a(EBL)1092961 035 $a(OCoLC)821216803 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000784041 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11503796 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000784041 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10760774 035 $a(PQKB)11509865 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1092961 035 $a(OCoLC)966756827 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse52251 035 $a(DE-B1597)519007 035 $a(OCoLC)1018084113 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520955295 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1092961 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10631870 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL417286 035 $a(OCoLC)823387130 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000312459 100 $a20120727d2013 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPrecocious charms$b[electronic resource] $estars performing girlhood in classical Hollywood cinema /$fGaylyn Studlar 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (324 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-27424-5 311 $a0-520-25557-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIllustrations --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$t1. Oh, "Doll Divine": Mary Pickford, Masquerade, and the Pedophilic Gaze --$t2. Cosseting the Nation; or, How to Conquer Fear Itself with Shirley Temple --$t3. "The Little Girl with the Big Voice": Deanna Durbin and Sonic Womanliness --$t4. Velvet's Cherry: Elizabeth Taylor and Virginal English Girlhood --$t5. Perilous Transition: Jennifer Jones as Melodrama's Hysterical Adolescent --$t6. "Chi-Chi Cinderella": Audrey Hepburn as Couture Countermodel --$tConclusion --$tNotes --$tSelected Bibliography --$tIndex 330 $aIn Precocious Charms, Gaylyn Studlar examines how Hollywood presented female stars as young girls or girls on the verge of becoming women. Child stars are part of this study but so too are adult actresses who created motion picture masquerades of youthfulness. Studlar details how Mary Pickford, Shirley Temple, Deanna Durbin, Elizabeth Taylor, Jennifer Jones, and Audrey Hepburn performed girlhood in their films. She charts the multifaceted processes that linked their juvenated star personas to a wide variety of cultural influences, ranging from Victorian sentimental art to New Look fashion, from nineteenth-century children's literature to post-World War II sexology, and from grand opera to 1930's radio comedy. By moving beyond the general category of "woman," Precocious Charms leads to a new understanding of the complex pleasures Hollywood created for its audience during the half century when film stars were a major influence on America's cultural imagination. 606 $aGirls in motion pictures 606 $aTeenage girls in motion pictures 606 $aMotion pictures$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aChild actors$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aGirls in motion pictures. 615 0$aTeenage girls in motion pictures. 615 0$aMotion pictures$xHistory 615 0$aChild actors$xHistory 676 $a791.43/6523 700 $aStudlar$b Gaylyn$01013495 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463010003321 996 $aPrecocious charms$92468493 997 $aUNINA