| Growing Up with Audrey Hepburn: Text, Audience, Resonance Contributor(s): Moseley, Rachel (Author) |
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ISBN: 0719063116 ISBN-13: 9780719063114 Publisher: Manchester University Press OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2003 Annotation: "Growing up with Audrey Hepburn" is the first full-length academic study of one of the most loved stars of Hollywood cinema. A study of both Hepburn's star persona and films, it is also an audience study, using interviews to explore accounts given by British women who have admired her in the 1950s and 1960s, and, more recently, in the 1990s. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism |
| Dewey: 791.430 |
| LCCN: 2002043197 |
| Series: Inside Popular Film |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 5.6" W x 8.64" (0.74 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The first full length academic study of Hepburn's star persona and films featuring reseach into the experience of British women who have admired her in the 1950s, 1960s and the 1990s. Examines the historical specificity of discourses of feminity circulating around Hepburn and her female fans, suggesting that the flexibility of Hepburn's image has contributed to her enduring appeal. Makes a significant contribution to the growing field of star studies. Argues that class and gender are siginifcant factors in the relatonship between stars and audiences. |