Hedda Hopper's Hollywood : celebrity gossip and American conservatism /
Frost argues that Hopper has had a profound and lasting influence on popular and political culture and should be viewed as a pivotal popularizer of conservatism. As practiced by Hopper and her readers, Hollywood gossip shaped key developments in American movies and movie culture, newspaper journalis...
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| Formato: | Licensed eBooks |
| Idioma: | inglês |
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New York :
New York University Press,
©2011.
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| Colecção: | American history and culture (New York University Press)
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| Acesso em linha: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=355099 |
Sumário:
- Introduction : "malice in wonderland"
- Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
- Readers, respondents, and fans
- Hopper's wars
- Cold War Americanism, Hopper style
- Blacklisting Hollywood "Reds"
- Representing race in the face of civil rights
- "Family togetherness" in Fifties Hollywood
- Taking on "Hollywood Babylon"
- Conclusion : movies, politics, and narratives of nostalgia.