
Stars
New Edition
BFI Publishing
2nd Edition
Published on 1. March 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-85170-643-6 (ISBN)
Description
Through the intensive examination of films, magazines, advertising and critical texts, Dyer analyses the historical, ideological and aesthetic significance of stars, changing the way we understand screen icons. Paying particular attention to icons including Marlon Brando, Bette Davis, Marlene Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe and John Wayne.
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Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
illustrated
Dimensions
Height: 23 mm
Width: 15 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight
340 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85170-643-6 (9780851706436)
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Richard Dyer | Paul McDonald
Stars
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07/2019
1st Edition
BFI Publishing
€37.49
Available for download

Richard Dyer | Paul McDonald
Stars
E-Book
07/2019
1st Edition
BFI Publishing
€37.49
Available for download

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03/1998
2nd Edition
BFI Publishing
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Richard Dyer is Professor Emeritus of Film Studies at King's College, London, and Professorial Fellow in Film Studies at the University of St Andrews, UK. He has been honoured by the Society for Cinema and Media Studies, the British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies, and Turku and Yale Universities, and is a Fellow of the British Academy. His many books include Stars (1979), White (1997), The Culture of Queers (2002), Nino Rota (BFI, 2010) and In the Space of a Song (2012), and he is the author of BFI Film Classics on 'Se7en' (1999), Brief Encounter (2002, 2015) and La Dolce Vita (2017). Paul McDonald is Professor of Culture, Media and Creative Industries at King's College London, UK. His books include, as co-editor, Hollywood and the Law (BFI, 2015); 'The Contemporary Hollywood Film Industry (2008); as author, Hollywood Stardom (2013), and 'Video and DVD Industries' (BFI, 2007). He is the editor, with Michael Curtin, of the BFI series 'International Screen Industries'.