Denzel Washington

by Cynthia Baron, Martin Shingler (Editor), Susan Smith (Editor)

Overview

In this illuminating insight into Denzel Washington's multifaceted image and remarkable career, Cynthia Baron traces his star persona and impact on mainstream society – from his time as a skilled actor in theatre and television in the 1980s, to his leading man roles in landmark films of the 1990s, to his place in Hollywood's elite in the 2000s.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781844574841
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	03/06/2015
Series:	Film Stars
Edition description:	2015
Pages:	172
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 7.40(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Cynthia Baron is Professor of Theatre and Film at Bowling Green State University, USA. She is co-author of Reframing Screen Performance and Appetites and Anxieties, co-editor of More Than a Method and editor of The Projector Journal.

Martin Shingler is Senior Lecturer in Radio and Film Studies at the University of Sunderland, UK. He is the co-author of two books, On Air: Methods and Meanings of Radio, with Cindy Wieringa, (1998) and Melodrama: Genre, Style& Sensibility, with John Mercer (2004). He has also published essays on the Hollywood film star Bette Davis in the books Hollywood Spectatorship, eds. Melvyn Stokes and Richard Maltby (BFI, 2001) and Screen Acting, eds. Alan Lovell and Peter Kramer, (1999), and in Screen, the Journal of American Studies, the Journal of Film& Video, Theatre Annual and Film History. He has edited a dossier on Bette Davis for Screen (2008) and an edition of the Radio Journal (2008). He is co-editor, with Susan Smith, of the BFI Film Stars series, and author of 'Star Studies: A Critical Guide' (BFI, 2012).

Susan Smith is Reader in Film Studies at the University of Sunderland, UK. She is author of Elizabeth Taylor (BFI/Palgrave, 2012), Voices in Film (Wallflower Press, 2007), The Musical: Race, Gender and Performance (Columbia University Press, 2005) and Hitchcock: Suspense, Humour and Tone (BFI, 2000). She also co-edits the BFI's Film Stars series.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments.- Introduction.- 1. Stardom and the Politics of Representation.- 2. After Blaxploitation, Before New Jack Cinema.- 3. Academy Award Winning Actor.- 4. One of America's Favourite Movie Stars.- 5. Blues Detectives.- Conclusion.- Notes.- References.- Filmography.- Index?.

Editorial Reviews

Baron’s timely research allows readers to both consider the actor’s career and make sense of how his against all odds exalted status was achieved. … Cynthia Baron’s research is a useful addition to the British Film Institute series because it is a thorough discussion of an actor whose artistic achievements have transcended race even as some attempted to keep him shackled to it. Scholars, cultural critics, and fans alike should seek out Denzel Washington by any means necessary.” (Rob Prince Obey, Journal of Film and Video, Vol. 69 (1), 2017)

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