LEADER 03776oam 2200661 a 450 001 9910952280103321 005 20250403222512.0 010 $a9798216018360 010 $a9780313010859 010 $a0313010854 024 7 $a10.5040/9798216018360 035 $a(CKB)111087026965120 035 $a(EBL)3000862 035 $a(OCoLC)55483280 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000250664 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11194231 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000250664 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10245147 035 $a(PQKB)10478289 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3000862 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10023337 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3000862 035 $a(DLC)BP9798216018360BC 035 $a(Perlego)4202517 035 $a(OCoLC)47746352 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111087026965120 100 $a20010806e20022024 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aStars in our eyes $ethe star phenomenon in the contemporary era /$fedited by Angela Ndalianis and Charlotte Henry 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aWestport, Conn. :$cPraeger,$d2002. 210 2$aLondon :$cBloomsbury Publishing,$d2024 215 $a1 online resource (203 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a(OCoLC)47746352 311 08$a9780275974800 311 08$a0275974804 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe misleading man : Dennis Hopper / Adrian Martin -- The replicator, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as the great meme-machine / Louise Kransniewicz and Michael Blitz -- Choosing silence : Robert De Niro and the celebrity interview / Greg M. Smith -- The Keanu effect : stardom and the landscape of the acting body / Carmel Giarratana -- More sign than star : Diana, death and the internet / Michael Punt -- Virtually touching the stars : from the moon to heaven's gate and beyond / Leonie Cooper -- The auteur as star : violence and utopia in the films of Sam Peckinpah / Gabrielle Murray -- Birth of a hero : Rocky, Stallone and mythical creation / Rikke Schubart -- Digital stars in our eyes / Angela Ndalianis. 330 8 $aThe media star has become a powerful, almost unparalleled, cultural sign, even as the star system has undergone radical transformation since the era of the Hollywood studio system. Today's film industry continues to market and promote its products through actors in ways that seek to capture the often elusive quality that a star can embody. Using contemporary stars such as Robert De Niro, Keanu Reeves, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Dennis Hopper, this anthology of essays applies a variety of theoretical tools in its attempt to understand how we interpret stars, and how we can begin to understand their cultural significance. Likewise, the study explores how the star system has become an increasingly complex phenomenon within society at large, extending its impact beyond the cinema into music, sports, and fashion. Many of the essays collected here consider this shift and examine how personae including the director (Sam Peckinpah), the royalty (Princess Diana) and even the digital star (Lara Croft) have captured the cultural imagination and have come to attain qualities as star-like as those of the silver screen. 606 $aMotion picture actors and actresses 606 $aCelebrities 615 0$aMotion picture actors and actresses. 615 0$aCelebrities. 676 $a791.43/028/0922 701 $aNdalianis$b Angela$f1960-$0625121 701 $aHenry$b Charlotte$f1970-$01798904 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910952280103321 996 $aStars in our eyes$94341898 997 $aUNINA