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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Introduction: sex and Shirley Temple -- America's sweethearts: Mary Pickford, Shirley Temple, and the decline of sentiment -- A terrible amour: child loving in the twentieth century -- Immaculate amalgamation: Bill Robinson and Shirley Temple -- Baby burlesks and kiddie kabarets: children's erotic impersonations -- Priceless: economic innocence and the child star -- Epilogue |
| Summary |
In the 1930's, Shirley Temple was heralded as "America's sweetheart," and she remains the icon of wholesome American girlhood, but Temple's films strike many modern viewers as perverse. Shirley Temple and the Performance of Girlhood examines her early career in the context of the history of girlhood and considers how Temple's star image emerged out of the Victorian cult of the child. Beginning her career in "Baby Burlesks," short films where she played vamps and harlots, her biggest hits were marketed as romances between Temple and her adult male costars. Kristen Hatch helps modern audiences |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Temple, Shirley, 1928-2014 -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Temple, Shirley, 1928-2014 fast |
| Subject |
Girls in motion pictures.
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Child actors -- United States
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PERFORMING ARTS -- General.
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Child actors
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Girls in motion pictures
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1322567514 |
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9781322567518 |
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9780813563275 |
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0813563275 |
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0813563267 |
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9780813563268 |
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9780813563251 |
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0813563259 |
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