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Brave : cult member, runaway, captive, starlet, victim, sex symbol, justice seeker

Title
Brave : cult member, runaway, captive, starlet, victim, sex symbol, justice seeker / Rose McGowan.
Author
McGowan, Rose, 1973-
Publication
  • New York, New York : HarperOne, [2018]
  • ©2018

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Description
xiv, 251 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
Rose McGowan was born in one cult and came of age in another: Hollywood. Rose escaped the Children of God as a child, moved to the States, and then ran away at thirteen. She lived a transient punk lifestyle on and off the streets until she was "discovered" in Los Angeles. In a strange world where she was continually on display, stardom soon became a personal nightmare of constant exposure and sexualization. Every detail of her personal life became public, and the realities of an inherently sexist industry emerged with every script, role, public appearance, and magazine cover. The Hollywood machine packaged her as a sexualized bombshell, hijacking her image and identity and marketing them for profit. Hollywood expected Rose to be silent and cooperative and to stay the path. Instead, she rebelled and asserted her true identity and voice. She re-emerged determined to expose the truth about the entertainment industry, dismantle the concept of fame, shine a light on a multibillion-dollar business built on systemic misogyny, and empower people everywhere to wake up and be brave.
Alternative Title
Brave
Subject
  • McGowan, Rose, 1973-
  • Children of God (Organization)
  • Actors > United States > Biography
  • Women in the motion picture industry
  • Misogyny > United States
  • Sexual harassment of women
  • BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
  • BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies
  • Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) > Social life and customs
Genre/Form
Autobiographies.
Contents
Child of God -- American girl -- Runaway thinker -- Brutality -- Captivity -- It begins -- Death of self -- Circus life -- Televised life -- Destruction -- Ashes to ashes -- Phoenix rise -- Cult of thought -- We are brave.
Call Number
MWES (McGowan, R.) 18-2472
ISBN
  • 9780062655981
  • 0062655981
  • 9780062851789
  • 0062851780
  • 9780062851796
  • 0062851799
LCCN
  • 2017058622
  • 99975431482
OCLC
986970510
Author
McGowan, Rose, 1973- author.
Title
Brave : cult member, runaway, captive, starlet, victim, sex symbol, justice seeker / Rose McGowan.
Publisher
New York, New York : HarperOne, [2018]
Copyright Date
©2018
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Spine Title
Brave
Other Standard Identifier
99975431482
Research Call Number
MWES (McGowan, R.) 18-2472
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