Olga Kourelou
Biographic Data
| ID | 3042974 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Olga Kourelou |
| GIVEN NAMES | Olga |
| FAMILY NAME | Kourelou |
| SIGNATURE | KOURELOU O |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nicosia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5989-8308 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
‘Greek Stardom and Celebrity
The introduction to this Special Issue on ‘Greek Stardom and Celebrity’ contextualizes the articles with reference to contemporary technological developments, and the disciplines of film studies, star studies and celebrity studies – within and beyond Greece. It also offers summaries of the six articles identifying the diverse methodological approaches that they employ, the unfamiliar and overlooked histories that they reveal and the transnational…
Reclaiming Greece’s national star
During the so-called ‘Golden Age’ of Greek cinema (roughly from 1950 to 1970), Aliki Vougiouklaki emerged as Greece’s biggest star. Yet, although her image remains extremely familiar, it is largely misconstrued in both popular and critical discourses about her. This article shifts the focus from conventional readings of Vougiouklaki’s star persona as ideologically and sexually conservative, mainly due to her embodiment of the sex-kitten type, to …
A different kind of blonde
This article discusses the blondness of Melina Mercouri: the first Greek blond star and Greece’s most popular cinematic export. Taking as a case study her breakthrough role as Stella in the 1955 film of the same title, the article examines the aesthetic and political significance of Mercouri’s blondness within the historical context from which her star image emerged, namely post-war Greece, and wherein it circulated, that is Euro-American culture…
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A different kind of blonde
This article discusses the blondness of Melina Mercouri: the first Greek blond star and Greece’s most popular cinematic export. Taking as a case study her breakthrough role as Stella in the 1955 film of the same title, the article examines the aesthetic and political significance of Mercouri’s blondness within the historical context from which her star image emerged, namely post-war Greece, and wherein it circulated, that is Euro-American culture…
Reclaiming Greece’s national star
During the so-called ‘Golden Age’ of Greek cinema (roughly from 1950 to 1970), Aliki Vougiouklaki emerged as Greece’s biggest star. Yet, although her image remains extremely familiar, it is largely misconstrued in both popular and critical discourses about her. This article shifts the focus from conventional readings of Vougiouklaki’s star persona as ideologically and sexually conservative, mainly due to her embodiment of the sex-kitten type, to …
‘Greek Stardom and Celebrity
The introduction to this Special Issue on ‘Greek Stardom and Celebrity’ contextualizes the articles with reference to contemporary technological developments, and the disciplines of film studies, star studies and celebrity studies – within and beyond Greece. It also offers summaries of the six articles identifying the diverse methodological approaches that they employ, the unfamiliar and overlooked histories that they reveal and the transnational…
Contemporary and Historical Greek Studies (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Art history (2 works) · Cinema and Media Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Movie theater (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Archaeology (1 work)