Actor as Icon – A Sex Goddess and Perfect Lover: On Mae West and Rudolph Valentino
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Bieszk explores the phenomenon of stardom, and presents the profiles of Rudolph Valentino and Mae West from the point of view of cultural gender roles imposed by the Hollywood film industry in the 1920s the 1930s. They were popular actors and both set their acting standards Bieszk explains in a broader context when analysing their film roles, private lives, critical reception and reactions of the public against the background of the then morals and climate of Hollywood. Her analysis helps us understand why Valentino, who fostered his image of a “Latin lover”, and provocative unceremonious and coarse West won millions of admirers and fascinate even today.
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Mae West, Rudolph Valentino, stardomReferences
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Patrycja Bieszkkwartalnik.filmowy@ispan.pl
Jagiellonian University Poland
Absolwentka filologii angielskiej i filmoznawstwa UJ, obecnie na drugim roku studiów doktoranckich na kulturoznawstwie/filmoznawstwie UJ. Zajmuje się tematyką subkulturową oraz gender w kinie.
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