Acting for America : movie stars of the 1980s
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Acting for America : movie stars of the 1980s
（Star decades : american culture/american cinema / Adrienne L. Mclean and Murray Pomerance, series editors）
Rutgers University Press, c2010
- : hardcover
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-277) and index
Contents of Works
- Introduction : stardom in the 1980s / Robert Eberwein
- Robert De Niro : star as actor auteur / Aaron Baker
- Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger : androgynous macho men / Rebecca Bell-Metereau
- Jessica Lange and Sissy Spacek : country girls / William Brown
- Mel Gibson and Tom Cruise : rebellion and conformity / Michael DeAngelis
- Michael J. Fox and the Brat Pack : contrasting identities / Robert Eberwein
- Eddie Murphy : the rise and fall of the golden child / Krin Gabbard
- Sigourney Weaver : woman warrior, working girl / Chris Holmlund
- Harrison Ford : a well-tempered machismo / Adam Knee
- Sally FIeld and Goldie Hawn : feminism, post-feminism, and cactus flower politics / Christina Lane
- Meryl Streep : feminism and femininity in the era of backlash / Linda Mizejewski
- Clint Eastwood and Bruce Willis : enforcers left and right / James Morrison
- Steve Martin and John Candy : penny wise and pound foolish / Jerry Mosher
- In the wings / Robert Eberwein