Vishnu in Hollywood: The Changing Image of the American Male Tapa dura - 2000

Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, 2000. Hardcover. 225pp. Fine / Fine dj.

Lanham: Scarecrow Press, 2000. First Thus. Cloth. Very good +/Very good +. Black cloth covered boards, gold stamped titles at spine, corners straight, very light wear to covers, corners, edges and head and tail of spine. Book body clean and tight. Supplemental promotional papers from publisher laid-in. Golden photo illustrated dust jacket shows light wear to covers, corners, edges and head and tail of spine, black and gold titles at front, black and gray titles at spine, no cuts or clippings, archival Brodart protected.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Volume, measuring approximately 5.75" x 9", is bound in black cloth, with stamped gilt lettering to spine. Book and dust jacket are like new. Jacket is preserved in mylar cover. xx/225 pages."Humphrey Bogart and Woody Allen have at least this in common: they both represent figures of the American male as Hollywood projected it over the century of its existence. This study offers an historical overview, a psychological and sociological analysis of the American man reflected on the silver screen by examining the icons that drew millions to the box office from the early days of William S. Hart who first shaped the Western until it was reshaped by the likes of John Wayne, Gary Cooper and James Stewart; the immortal comics from Charlie Chaplin on; the great lovers from Rudolph Valentino, through Charles Boyer and Clark Gable; the demigods who cast their radiance beyond picture houses throughout the world like Cary Grant, Spencer Tracy, Marlon Brando, James Dean, and many others whose mesmerizing presence… Leer más

Scarecrow Press, 2000-05-30. Hardcover. New.

Scarecrow Press, 2000-05-30. Hardcover. Like New.