Today, we are so accustomed to consuming the amplified lives of film stars that the origins of the phenomenon may seem inevitable in retrospect. But the conjunc

Today, we are so accustomed to consuming the amplified lives of film stars that the origins of the phenomenon may seem inevitable in retrospect. But the conjunc

The book focuses on the way various film icons engaged in and helped define some major issues of cultural and social concern to America by making heavily politi

American culture changed radically over the course of the 1960s, and the culture of Hollywood was no exception. The film industry began the decade confidently c

This informative two-volume set provides readers with an understanding of the fads and crazes that have taken America by storm from colonial times to the presen