Table of Contents

Part 1: Re-Forming the Star Canon 1. Labour and the Commodity Form 2. Marlene: Modernity, and the Biopic 3. Action Movie Hysteria, or Eastwood Bound Part 2: The European and Asian Popular Cinema Star 4. Negotiating Exoticism: Hollywood, Film Europe and the Cultural Reception of Anna May Wong 5. Sophia Loren, Italian Icon 6. Reigning Stars: The Political Career of South Indian Cinema 7. Muscles and Subjectivity: A Short History of the Masculine Body in Hong Kong Popular Culture Part 3: The Avant-Garde and Underground Star 8. Performance and Persona in the U.S Avant-Garde: The Case of Maya Deren 9. Camping with Lady Divine: Star Persona and Parody Part 4: Race, Ethnicity and the American Star 10. Stars and Ethnicity: Hollywood and the United States, 1932-51 11. Hollywood Exoticism 12. Paul Robeson: Crossing Over 13. Opera and Popular Culture: The Case of Mario Lanza Part 5: The Network Television Star 14. Roseanne: The Unruly Woman as Domestic Goddess 15. C'mon Girl: Operah Winfrey and the Discourse of Feminine Talk 16. The Moving Image in Crisis