Beyond the Stars: Stock characters in American popular film
- ISBN-10
- 087972479X
- ISBN-13
- 9780879724795
- Series
- Beyond the Stars
- Category
- Characters and characteristics in motion pictures
- Pages
- 254
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1990
- Publisher
- Popular Press
- Authors
- Linda K. Fuller, Paul Loukides
Description
The third of five volumes of new scholarship on American movie conventions. The 19 essays explore cinematic representations of such material items as food, weapons, clothing, tools, technology, and art and literature. Not illustrated. No index. Paper edition (unseen), $13.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
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