Adrienne L. McLean

Headline Hollywood: A Century of Film Scandal - In Communications, Media & Culture Adrienne L. McLean

Marc Notes: Bibl. ref. & index; Considers some of the famous transgressions that shocked Hollywood & its audiences during the last century & explores the changing meaning of scandal over time by zeroing in on issues of power; Also avail. in cloth. Publisher Marketing: Hollywood has long been associated with scandal--with covering it up, with managing its effects, and, in some cases, with creating and directing it. In putting together Headline Hollywood, Adrienne McLean and David Cook approach the relationship between Hollywood and scandal from a fresh perspective. The contributors consider some of the famous transgressions that shocked Hollywood and its audiences during the last century, and explore the changing meaning of scandal over time by zeroing in on issues of power: Who decides what crimes and misdemeanors should be circulated for public consumption and titillation? What makes a Hollywood scandal scandalous? What are the uses of scandal? The essays are arranged chronologically to show how Hollywood scandals have evolved relative to changing moral and social orders. This collection will prove essential to the field of film studies as well as to anyone interested in the character and future direction of American culture. Contributors are Mark Lynn Anderson, Cynthia Baron, James Castonguay, Nancy Cook, Mary Desjardins, Lucy Fischer, Lee Grieveson, Erik Hedling, Peter Lehman, William Luhr, Adrienne L. McLean, Susan McLeland, and Sam Stoloff. Adrienne L. McLean is an assistant professor of film studies at the University of Texas at Dallas. David A. Cook is a professor of film and media studies at Emory University. He is the author of A History of Film Narrative. Review Citations:

Kirkus Reviews 12/15/2000 pg. 1744 (EAN 9780813528861, Paperback)

Choice 12/01/2001 pg. 691 (EAN 9780813528861, Paperback)

Kirkus Reviews 12/15/2000 pg. 1744 (EAN 9780813528854, Hardcover)

Choice 12/01/2001 pg. 691 (EAN 9780813528854, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Cook, David A David A. Cook (Ph. D., University of Virginia) is Professor and Director of Film Studies at Emory University, where he has taught since 1973. He has also published Lost Illusions: American Cinema in the Era of Watergate and Vietnam, 1970 1979 as part of the celebrated multivolume History of American Cinema series. Contributor Bio:  McLean, Adrienne L Adrienne L. McLean is a professor of film studies at the University of Texas at Dallas. She is the author of "Dying Swans and Madmen: Ballet, the Body, and Narrative Cinema" and "Being Rita Hayworth: Labor, Identity, and Hollywood Stardom", and the coeditor of "Headline Hollywood: A Century of Film Scandal" (all Rutgers University Press).