{"product_id":"women-method-acting-and-the-hollywood-film-paperback","title":"Women, Method Acting, and the Hollywood Film - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKeri Walsh\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWomen, Method Acting, and the Hollywood Film\u003c\/em\u003e is the first study dedicated to understanding the work of female Method actors on film.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhile Method acting on film has typically been associated with the explosive machismo of actors like Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro, this book explores an alternate tradition within the Method-the work that women from the Actors Studio did in Hollywood. Covering the period from the end of the Second World War until the 1970s, this study shows how the women associated with the Actors Studio increasingly used Method acting in ways that were compatible with their burgeoning feminist political commitments and developed a style of feminist Method acting. The book examines the complex intersection of Method acting, sexuality, and gender by analyzing performances such as Kim Hunter's in \u003ci\u003eA Streetcar Named Desire\u003c\/i\u003e, Julie Harris's in \u003ci\u003eThe Member of the Wedding\u003c\/i\u003e, Shelley Winters's in \u003ci\u003eThe Big Knife\u003c\/i\u003e, Geraldine Page's in \u003ci\u003eSweet Bird of Youth\u003c\/i\u003e, and Jane Fonda's in \u003ci\u003eComing Home\u003c\/i\u003e. Challenging the longstanding assumption that Method acting's approaches were harmful to women and incompatible with feminism, this book argues that some of Hollywood's most interesting female actors, and leading feminists, emerged from the Actors Studio in the period between the 1950s and the 1970s.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWritten for students and scholars of Film Studies, Cultural Studies, Theatre and Performance Studies, and Gender Studies, \u003ci\u003eWomen, Method Acting, and the Hollywood Film \u003c\/i\u003ereshapes the way we think of a central strain in American screen acting, and in doing so, allows women a new stake in that tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKeri Walsh\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor of English and Director of the Institute of Irish Studies at Fordham University in New York. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eMickey Rourke\u003c\/i\u003e in the BFI Film Stars Series and editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Letters of Sylvia\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBeach\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2018 she was named an Academy Film Scholar by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 148\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 27, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42100367589511,"sku":"9780367636067","price":80.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/893b838cc68f97a56a19c9b631b86c4b.webp?v=1732383956","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/women-method-acting-and-the-hollywood-film-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}