Reading Race and "Rita" in The Lady from Shanghai
Decrypting the Mogul, the Star, and the Auteur
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4903843 |
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| Authors | Joshua David Gonsalves (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 149-169 |
| Publication date | 2017-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Mosaic (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0027-1276 • E-ISSN: 1925-5683 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/mos.2017.a663695 |
| OpenAlex | W2730735914 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
This essay explicates the desire to be independent that derives, I argue, from the moguls who invented Hollywood, resistant actors (James Cagney) and "rogue" producers (David O. Selznick). My historical analysis of this desire as it circulates among these figures will be supplemented by script variations of The Lady from Shanghai
Art history · Astrophysics · Auteur theory · Genealogy · Hollywood · Movie theater · Political science · Race (biology) · Reading (process) · Sociology · Star (game theory) · American and British Literature Analysis · Cinema and Media Studies · Gender Studies · History · Law · Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism
| Highly cited | No |
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