Precocious charms stars performing girlhood in classical Hollywood cinema /

Studlar, Gaylyn

Precocious charms stars performing girlhood in classical Hollywood cinema / [Texte imprimé] : Gaylyn Studlar - Berkeley ; London : University of California Press, cop. 2013 - 1 vol. (XVI-305 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm

Bibliogr. p. 289-298

Introduction -- Oh, "doll divine": Mary Pickford, masquerade, and the pedophilic gaze -- Cosseting the nation, or, how to conquer fear itself with Shirley Temple -- "The little girl with the big voice": Deanna Durbin and sonic womanliness -- Velvet's cherry: Elizabeth Taylor and virginal English girlhood -- Perilous transition: Jennifer Jones as melodrama's hysterical adolescent -- "Chi-Chi Cinderella": Audrey Hepburn as couture countermodel -- Conclusion

978-0-520-25557-9

Girls in motion pictures Teenage girls in motion pictures Motion pictures / United States / History / 20th century Child actors / United States / History

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