Impossible Bodies - Feminity and Masculinity at the Movies(English, Paperback, Holmlund Christine)

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Impossible Bodies - Feminity and Masculinity at the Movies(English, Paperback, Holmlund Christine) is written by Holmlund Christine and published by Taylor & Francis Ltd. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0415185769 (ISBN 10) and 9780415185769 (ISBN 13).

Impossible Bodies investigates issues of ethnicity, gender, and sexuality in contemporary Hollywood. Examining stars from Arnold Schwarzenegger and Clint Eastwood, to Whoopi Goldberg and Jennifer Lopez, Holmlund focuses on actors whose physique or appearance marks them as unusual or exceptional, and yet who occupy key and revealing positions in today's mainstream cinema. Exploring a range of genres and considering both stars and their sidekicks, Holmlund examines ways in which Hollywood accommodates - or doesn't - a variety of 'impossible' bodies, from the 'outrageous' physiques of Dolph Lundgren and Dolly Parton, to the almost-invisible bodies of Asian-Americans, Latinas and older actors.