Stuntwomen : the untold Hollywood story
Record details
- ISBN: 9780813166223
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Physical Description:
xi, 342 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
print - Publisher: Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, [2015]
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | I First Stuntwomen: 1910-1960 -- 1 Rise and Fall of Female Stunt Players in Silent Movies 7 -- 2 Blackface and Wigs: Men Take over Stunts 25 -- 3 Television: More Stunt Work-If You Can Get It 41 -- II Taking on the System and Fighting for Change: 1960s-1980s -- 4 Stunt Performers Organize 61 -- 5 Social Turmoil Brings New Opportunities for Women and Minorities 77 -- 6 Women's Movement and Female Action Heroes 93 -- 7 Disaster Movies and Disastrous Stunts 109 -- 8 Stunt Safety and Gender Discrimination 125 -- 9 Danger, Drugs, and Death 137 -- 10 Breaking the Code of Silence 151 -- 11 Women's New Attitudes and Ambitions 165 -- 12 Julie Johnsons Day in Court 185 -- III New Professionals in Better Times: 1990s-2000s -- 13 High Falls 203 -- 14 Stunt Fights 219 -- 15 Car Stunts 233 -- IV Digital Age: 1995-2010 -- 16 Computer-Generated Imagery and the Future of Stunt Work 247 -- 17 Controversy and Progress for Stuntwomen 265. |
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| Subject: | Women stunt performers Women in the motion picture industry California Los Angeles History |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| George H. & Laura E. Brown Library | 791.43 Gre (Text) | 30308101103761 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
