Female Stars of British Cinema: The Women in Question

by Melanie Williams

The first full-length academic study to deal exclusively with female stardom in British cinema

Film stars are often seen as a Hollywood creation but this book explores how British cinema developed its own culture of stardom, and how its female stars have been prized by audiences worldwide. Female Stars of British Cinema uses case studies of seven female stars whose careers span the 1940s to the present day - Jean Kent, Diana Dors, Rita Tushingham,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474405649
• ISBN13: 9781474405645
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"