Adultery and the Female Star

• Main Author: Gallafent, Edward (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Palgrave Close Readings in Film and Television
• Subjects: Ethnology.; Motion pictures.; Culture.; Gender.; Cultural Anthropology.; Close Reading.; Culture and Gender.

This book provides an in-depth study of Bette Davis, Joan Fontaine, Kim Novak and Meryl Streep, and the treatment of adultery in their films. It avoids the near-impossible challenge of writing about the sheer volume of adultery in film by focusing on specific periods in the work of these four major...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Bette Davis: 1937-43: Motherhood
• 3. Joan Fontaine: 1939-50: Devotion
• 4. Kim Novak: 1954-64: The Stranger
• 5. Meryl Streep: 1979-85: The Present and the Past
• 6. Conclusion. .