Star Bodies and the Erotics of Suffering

by Rebecca Bell-Metereau

Suffering in cinema can be crucial to how stars are cast in roles and perceived by audiences, whether it is performed on the screen or weathered in the form of scandal, heartbreak, disfiguration, or aging in an actor's real life. In Star Bodies and the Erotics of Suffering, editors Rebecca Bell-Metereau and Colleen Glenn assemble thirteen scholars to consider fourteen stars whose careers have been defined by suffering on- or off-screen. Together,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814339395
• ISBN13: 9780814339398
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.0"