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Becoming Jack Nicholson: The Masculine Persona from Easy Rider to The Shining
Shaun R. Karli
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Description for Becoming Jack Nicholson: The Masculine Persona from Easy Rider to The Shining
Hardcover. Num Pages: 204 pages, 23 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: APB; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
One of the most celebrated figures in the world of cinema, Jack Nicholson has appeared in more than fifty films, stamping each with his larger-than-life presence. Because Nicholson brought a set of traits and attitudes with him to his roles that the actor and filmmakers variously inflected, audiences associated certain characteristics with his screen identity. At times his rebelliousness was celebrated as an act of self-expression against an oppressive system (Five Easy Pieces, The Passenger, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest), and at others it was revealed as an absurd masculine fantasy (The Last Detail, Chinatown, and The Shining). In ... Read more
One of the most celebrated figures in the world of cinema, Jack Nicholson has appeared in more than fifty films, stamping each with his larger-than-life presence. Because Nicholson brought a set of traits and attitudes with him to his roles that the actor and filmmakers variously inflected, audiences associated certain characteristics with his screen identity. At times his rebelliousness was celebrated as an act of self-expression against an oppressive system (Five Easy Pieces, The Passenger, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest), and at others it was revealed as an absurd masculine fantasy (The Last Detail, Chinatown, and The Shining). In ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
Number of Pages
204
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810885981
SKU
V9780810885981
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About Shaun R. Karli
Shaun R. Karli teaches composition at Harrisburg Area Community College and American Literature at Conestoga Valley High School.
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