The Accidental Feminist: How Elizabeth Taylor Raised Our Consciousness and We Were Too Distracted by Her Beauty to Notice

By M.G. Lord

Book Overview

Movie stars establish themselves as brands - and Taylor's brand , in its most memorable outings, has repeatedly introduced a broad audience to feminist ideas. In her breakout film, National Velvet"... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802716695
• ISBN13: 9780802716699
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Walker Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.9" x 0.9" x 5.4"
• Age Range: 5 years and under

Customer Reviews

This is what being a woman is all about;

This book threw a curve ball at me right away; not that it wasn't a good read, but more educationally geared into examining Elizabeth Taylor's movies and how She chose to interpret Her roles. A moderate read if you want to grasp all the insight the author chooses to include with Her breakdown of key roles. Ms. Taylor was a true artist, who displayed passion in whoever She was portraying. I own 9 of Her better films and plan to add 4 more to my collection after reading this book. She was a true * in every sense of the word. In the early 60's She earned a million $'s for Cleopatra; Richard Burton only received $500,000.00 dollars for His portrayal of Marc Anthony. Prior to that His highest salary was $125,000.00 per picture; but all in all I learned things about Ms. Taylor that I was previously unaware of. You'll enjoy this book if you keep an open mind and just take in what the author wants to convey; That is, "There is only 1 Elizabeth Taylor and we will probably never see the likes of Her again". Happy Reading! R.jimmy G.