by SumikoHigashi (Author)
As the leading fan magazine in the postwar era, Photoplay constructed female stars as social types who embodied a romantic and leisured California lifestyle. As the decade progressed, however, changing social mores regarding female identity and behavior eroded the relationship between idolized stars and worshipful fans.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 26 Nov 2014
ISBN 10: 113743399X
ISBN 13: 9781137433992