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Marilyn Monroe / edited by Marcelline Block.
- Title
- Marilyn Monroe / edited by Marcelline Block.
- Publication
- Bristol : Intellect Books, 2015.
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| Text | Use in library | PN2287.M69 M37 2015 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Block, Marcelline
- Description
- 134 pages; 25 cm.
- Summary
- Born Norma Jeane Mortenson, Marilyn Monroe was an actress, singer, and sex symbol whose influence far outlasted her short life. Contributors to this book situate the platinum blonde starlet's omnipresent cultural relevance within the zeitgeist of current popular culture and explore the influence she has had on numerous elements of it. Her aesthetics and images have been reappropriated, recreated, imitated, and emulated by such celebrities as Lindsay Lohan, Jayne Mansfield, Drew Barrymore, Anna Nicole Smith, and Madonna. The quintessential American sex symbol, Monroe was an influential style icon for a spectrum of designers, including Dolce and Gabbana, Betsey Johnson, and Nike, all of whom have named lines of clothing, shoes, or accessories after the star. The essays here explore representations of Monroe in visual culture by looking at the ways she is reimagined in visual art while also considering how her posthumous appearance and image are appropriated in current advertisements. With an inside look at the universe of Marilyn Monroe impersonators and look-alike contests for both males and females, the book also explores numerous homages to Monroe onscreen, such as the television programme Smash (2012-2013) and the film My week with Marilyn (2011). The definitive guide to one of the most famous women who ever lived, the book will be essential reading for any scholar of twentieth-century American popular culture.
- Series Statement
- Fan phenomena
- Uniform Title
- Fan phenomena.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction / Marcelline Block -- Timeless stars and new spotlights : looking for Marilyn Monroe on YouTube / Louise Elali and Catalina Vazquez -- Fan appreciation no. 1 / Mary Sims, owner of the Immortal Marilyn Fan Club website -- Lipstick thespians : being Marilyn Monroe avter 5 August 1962 / Ross Sloan -- Marilyn is a Smash : depicting the icon in NBC's musical drama -- Fan appreciation no. 2 / Gianandrea Colonbo, Marilyn Monroe Italia -- Marilyn Monroe's dresses / Ange Webb -- Fan appreciation no. 3 / Scott Fortner, The Marilyn Monroe Collection -- Performing Marilyn : Michelle Williams in My week with Marilyn / Zachary Ingle -- Fan appreciation no. 4 / Tara Hanks, aut6hor of the MMM girl -- The 50th canniversary of Marilyn Monroe's death / Scott Fortner -- Fan appreciation no. 5 / Melinda Mason, the 'Marilyn Geek' -- Fan appreciation no. 6 / Marijane Gray.
- ISBN
- 9781783202010
- 1783202017
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library