Twilight of the Idols: Hollywood and the Human Sciences in 1920s America

by Mark Lynn Anderson

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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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0520267087

ISBN13:9780520267084

Release Date:April 2011

Publisher:University of California Press

Length:238 Pages

Weight:0.75 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Related Subjects

Arts, Music & Photography History Performing Arts Social Science Social Sciences

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