Informationen zum Autor McLean, Adrienne L Klappentext Who was Rita Hayworth? Born Margarita Carmen Cansino, she spent her life subjected to others' definitions of her, no matter how hard she worked to claim her own identity. Although there have been many "revelations" about her life and career, Adrienne McLean's book is the first to show that such disclosures were part of a constructed image from the outset. McLean explores Hayworth's participation in the creation of her star persona, particularly through her work as a dancer-a subject ignored by most film scholars. Zusammenfassung 'Being Rita Hayworth' considers the ways in which this actress has been treated by film scholarship over the years to accomplish its own goals! sometimes at her expense. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction: Why Rita Hayworth? Part One. Stardom Off the Screen Part Two. Film Stars, Film Texts, Film Studies Afterword: Replacing the Love Goddess Notes Cansino/Hayworth Filmography Bibliography Index

Autorentext

McLean, Adrienne L

Klappentext

Who was Rita Hayworth? Born Margarita Carmen Cansino, she spent her life subjected to others' definitions of her, no matter how hard she worked to claim her own identity. Although there have been many "revelations" about her life and career, Adrienne McLean's book is the first to show that such disclosures were part of a constructed image from the outset. McLean explores Hayworth's participation in the creation of her star persona, particularly through her work as a dancer-a subject ignored by most film scholars.

Zusammenfassung
'Being Rita Hayworth' considers the ways in which this actress has been treated by film scholarship over the years to accomplish its own goals, sometimes at her expense.

Inhalt

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Why Rita Hayworth?
Part One. Stardom Off the Screen
Part Two. Film Stars, Film Texts, Film Studies
Afterword: Replacing the Love Goddess
Notes
Cansino/Hayworth Filmography
Bibliography
Index