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Sensing the past : Hollywood stars and historical visions / Jim Cullen.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: Oxford, [England] ; New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2013Description: 252 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780199927661 (pbk.)
  • 0199927669 (pbk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: No title; No titleDDC classification:
  • 791.43658
LOC classification:
  • PN 1995.9 C967s 2013
Contents:
Introduction ; Chapter One Tending to the Flock: Clint Eastwood, Ambivalent Wanderer ; Chapter Two Daniel Day-Lewis and the Frontier in American History ; Chapter Three Equal Work: The Mystique of Meryl Streep ; Chapter Four Denzel Washington, Affirmative Actor ; Chapter Five Team Player: Tom Hanks, Company Man ; Chapter Six The Brave One: Jodie Foster, American Loner ; Index
Summary: Sensing the Past explores perennial themes in American culture as manifested through the works of six of Hollywood's biggest movies stars: Clint Eastwood, Daniel Day-Lewis, Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, and Jodie Foster.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) PN 1995.9 C967s 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000170074

Includes index.

Introduction ; Chapter One Tending to the Flock: Clint Eastwood, Ambivalent Wanderer ; Chapter Two Daniel Day-Lewis and the Frontier in American History ; Chapter Three Equal Work: The Mystique of Meryl Streep ; Chapter Four Denzel Washington, Affirmative Actor ; Chapter Five Team Player: Tom Hanks, Company Man ; Chapter Six The Brave One: Jodie Foster, American Loner ; Index

Sensing the Past explores perennial themes in American culture as manifested through the works of six of Hollywood's biggest movies stars: Clint Eastwood, Daniel Day-Lewis, Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, and Jodie Foster.

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