ISBN: 9780674945920

Twilight of the Idols revisits some of the sensational scandals of early Hollywood to evaluate their importance for our contemporary understanding of human deviance. By analyzing changes … More...

Twilight of the Idols revisits some of the sensational scandals of early Hollywood to evaluate their importance for our contemporary understanding of human deviance. By analyzing changes in the star system and by exploring the careers of individual stars--Wallace Reid, Rudolph Valentino, and Mabel Normand among them--Mark Lynn Anderson shows how the era's celebrity culture shaped public ideas about personality and human conduct and played a pivotal role in the emergent human sciences of psychology, anthropology, and sociology. Anderson looks at motion picture stars who embodied various forms of deviance--narcotic addiction, criminality, sexual perversion, and racial indeterminacy. He considers how the studios profited from popularizing ideas about deviance, and how the debates generated by the early Hollywood scandals continue to affect our notions of personality, sexuality, and public morals. Media > Book, [PU: Harvard University Press]<

ISBN: 9780674945920

Twilight of the Idols revisits some of the sensational scandals of early Hollywood to evaluate their importance for our contemporary understanding of human deviance. By analyzing changes … More...

Twilight of the Idols revisits some of the sensational scandals of early Hollywood to evaluate their importance for our contemporary understanding of human deviance. By analyzing changes in the star system and by exploring the careers of individual stars--Wallace Reid, Rudolph Valentino, and Mabel Normand among them--Mark Lynn Anderson shows how the era's celebrity culture shaped public ideas about personality and human conduct and played a pivotal role in the emergent human sciences of psychology, anthropology, and sociology. Anderson looks at motion picture stars who embodied various forms of deviance--narcotic addiction, criminality, sexual perversion, and racial indeterminacy. He considers how the studios profited from popularizing ideas about deviance, and how the debates generated by the early Hollywood scandals continue to affect our notions of personality, sexuality, and public morals. Media >, [PU: Harvard University Press]<

1981, ISBN: 9780674945920

Harvard University Press, 1981. 1981 Harvard hardback. Dustwrapper rubbed and some tears, intact. Book has previous owner's name in pen on preliminary pages, binding strong; very g… More...

Harvard University Press, 1981. 1981 Harvard hardback. Dustwrapper rubbed and some tears, intact. Book has previous owner's name in pen on preliminary pages, binding strong; very good overall. Working with early years.... Hardcover. Very Good/Acceptable. Book., Harvard University Press, 1981<

ISBN: 9780674945920

Harvard University Press. Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Your purchase also supports… More...

Harvard University Press. Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Your purchase also supports literacy charities., Harvard University Press<

1981, ISBN: 0674945921

[EAN: 9780674945920], Used, very good, [SC: 2.53], [PU: Harvard University Press], Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear.