In the 1990s, 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, signaling significant changes to familiar ideas about gender, race, ethnicity, age, class, sexuality, and nationality.
In the 1990s, 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, signaling significant changes to familiar ideas about gender, race, ethnicity, age, class, sexuality, and nationality.
ANNA EVERETT is a professor of film and media studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is the author of Returning the Gaze: A Genealogy of Black Film Criticism, 1909–1949 and Digital Diaspora: A Race for Cyberspace and founding editor of the journal Screening Noir.
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Acknowledgments Introduction 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 Index
Acknowledgments Introduction 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 Index
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