John Wayne: The Politics of Celebrity Tapa blanda - 1999

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London England: Faber & Faber ., 1999. Almost twenty years after his death, John Wayne is still America's favourite movie star. In this book, Garry Wills investigates this astonishing durability. He focuses on the manufacturing of 'John Wayne' from the raw material of Marian Morrison - the young man from Iowa who became a myth. Wills charts Wayne's rise to stardom, from the cowboy serials that almost doomed his career to the pinnacle of his popularity in the fifties and sixties. Though Wayne went to great lengths to avoid military service in the Second World War, his films made him the model of the American soldier, a model American. His story is a large one; as large as the truths - and evasions - with which his screen image was confected. It is a fascinating unparalleled phenomenon, which Garry Wills explains with great originality and insight. Illustrated with B/W photographs. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical… Leer más

London England: Faber & Faber ., 1999. Almost twenty years after his death, John Wayne is still America's favourite movie star. In this book, Garry Wills investigates this astonishing durability. He focuses on the manufacturing of 'John Wayne' from the raw material of Marian Morrison - the young man from Iowa who became a myth. Wills charts Wayne's rise to stardom, from the cowboy serials that almost doomed his career to the pinnacle of his popularity in the fifties and sixties. Though Wayne went to great lengths to avoid military service in the Second World War, his films made him the model of the American soldier, a model American. His story is a large one; as large as the truths - and evasions - with which his screen image was confected. It is a fascinating unparalleled phenomenon, which Garry Wills explains with great originality and insight. Illustrated with B/W photographs. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical… Leer más

London England: Faber & Faber ., 1999. Almost twenty years after his death, John Wayne is still America's favourite movie star. In this book, Garry Wills investigates this astonishing durability. He focuses on the manufacturing of 'John Wayne' from the raw material of Marian Morrison - the young man from Iowa who became a myth. Wills charts Wayne's rise to stardom, from the cowboy serials that almost doomed his career to the pinnacle of his popularity in the fifties and sixties. Though Wayne went to great lengths to avoid military service in the Second World War, his films made him the model of the American soldier, a model American. His story is a large one; as large as the truths - and evasions - with which his screen image was confected. It is a fascinating unparalleled phenomenon, which Garry Wills explains with great originality and insight. Illustrated with B/W photographs......(We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical… Leer más

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London England: Faber & Faber ., 1999. Almost twenty years after his death, John Wayne is still America's favourite movie star. In this book, Garry Wills investigates this astonishing durability. He focuses on the manufacturing of 'John Wayne' from the raw material of Marian Morrison - the young man from Iowa who became a myth. Wills charts Wayne's rise to stardom, from the cowboy serials that almost doomed his career to the pinnacle of his popularity in the fifties and sixties. Though Wayne went to great lengths to avoid military service in the Second World War, his films made him the model of the American soldier, a model American. His story is a large one; as large as the truths - and evasions - with which his screen image was confected. It is a fascinating unparalleled phenomenon, which Garry Wills explains with great originality and insight. Illustrated with B/W photographs. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical… Leer más