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- catalog abstract ""Of all the major Hollywood stars, Katharine Hepburn was the least conventional, conforming to none of the stereotypes of female superstardom. She was not an exotic outsider in Hollywood like Greta Garbo or Marlene Dietrich; nor was she a victim of the studios like Judy Garland or Marilyn Monroe; and she was certainly not a creature of the system like Joan Crawford and Lana Turner. Instead, she always appeared intelligent, willful, and independent, able to develop her own persona within the confines of the studio system." "Andrew Britton proposes a feminist reading of Hepburn's films, arguing that her persona raises problems about class, female sexuality, and women's oppression that strain to the limits the conventions of a cinema ultimately committed to the reassertion of bourgeois gender roles. Hepburn's work is also used to explore more general issues, such as the functioning of the star system. This is one of the very few analyses of American cinema to focus on a film star rather than a director or a genre and as such is essential reading for anyone interested in the movies. This edition also includes Andrew Britton's cogent and perceptive program notes for a Hepburn season at London's National Film Theatre."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13124906.
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description ""Of all the major Hollywood stars, Katharine Hepburn was the least conventional, conforming to none of the stereotypes of female superstardom. She was not an exotic outsider in Hollywood like Greta Garbo or Marlene Dietrich; nor was she a victim of the studios like Judy Garland or Marilyn Monroe; and she was certainly not a creature of the system like Joan Crawford and Lana Turner. Instead, she always appeared intelligent, willful, and independent, able to develop her own persona within the confines of the studio system." "Andrew Britton proposes a feminist reading of Hepburn's films, arguing that her persona raises problems about class, female sexuality, and women's oppression that strain to the limits the conventions of a cinema ultimately committed to the reassertion of bourgeois gender roles. Hepburn's work is also used to explore more general issues, such as the functioning of the star system. This is one of the very few analyses of American cinema to focus on a film star rather than a director or a genre and as such is essential reading for anyone interested in the movies. This edition also includes Andrew Britton's cogent and perceptive program notes for a Hepburn season at London's National Film Theatre."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Filmography: p. 244-250.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-252) and index.".
- catalog description "Why Hepburn? -- An American princess -- Publicity -- Fathers and daughters -- Gender and bisexuality -- The female community -- Stars and genre -- Hepburn and Tracy -- The old maid -- A note on crying -- Epilogue: the star as monument.".
- catalog extent "264 p. :".
- catalog identifier "023113276X (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0231132778 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Film and culture".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Columbia University Press ; Dumfriesshire, Scotland : Cameron & Hollis,".
- catalog subject "791.43/028/092 22".
- catalog subject "Feminism and motion pictures.".
- catalog subject "Hepburn, Katharine, 1907-2003 Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "PN2287.H45 B75 2003".
- catalog tableOfContents "Why Hepburn? -- An American princess -- Publicity -- Fathers and daughters -- Gender and bisexuality -- The female community -- Stars and genre -- Hepburn and Tracy -- The old maid -- A note on crying -- Epilogue: the star as monument.".
- catalog title "Katharine Hepburn : star as feminist / Andrew Britton.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".