Authors:
- Examines a number of films that have never been the subject of detailed discussion, as well as a few known favourites
- Constitutes the first book-length study on adultery in film
- Provides a thorough close-analysis of specific passages in the work of four Hollywood stars that spans the 20th century
Part of the book series: Palgrave Close Readings in Film and Television (CRFT)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Film and Television Studies, University of Warwick , Coventry, United Kingdom
Edward Gallafent
About the author
Edward Gallafent is Emeritus Professor of Film Studies at the University of Warwick, UK. He is the author of Clint Eastwood: Actor and Director (1994), Astaire and Rogers (2000), Quentin Tarantino (2006) and Letters and Literacy in Hollywood Film (2013). He is a member of the Editorial Board of the online publication Movie: A Journal of Film Criticism.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Adultery and the Female Star
Authors: Edward Gallafent
Series Title: Palgrave Close Readings in Film and Television
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-35224-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-35223-1Published: 06 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-35224-8Published: 24 May 2018
Series ISSN: 2634-6133
Series E-ISSN: 2634-6141
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 234
Number of Illustrations: 14 b/w illustrations, 7 illustrations in colour
Topics: Cultural Anthropology, Close Reading, Culture and Gender