Author: Shirley Temple

Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA

ISBN: 0816147833

Category: Large print books

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The famous and popular child actress of the 1930s and later US Ambassador, presents her personal memoirs, with much information on her family and early life, the many wonderful films she made, the actors and politicians and other prominent ...

Author: Shirley Temple

Publisher: Grand Central Pub

ISBN: 0446357928

Category: Biography & Autobiography

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Shirley Temple. She was a curly-topped moppet with a saucy grin that lit up the screen and an irrepressible spirit that won America's heart. But what was life really like for this extraordinary child growing up on the back lots and sound stages of Hollywood? This BOMC alternate reveals the ups and downs of stardom at age four and tells the funny, poignant, heartwarming chronicle of Shirley's journey to the pinnacle of stardom. A New York Times bestseller.

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Author: Jane Catherine O'Connor

Publisher: Routledge

ISBN: 9781135898250

Category: Social Science

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The child star is an iconic figure in Western society representing a growing cultural trend which idolises, castigates and fetishises the image of the perfect, innocent and beautiful child. In this book, Jane O’Connor explores the paradoxical status of the child star who is both adored and reviled in contemporary society. Drawing on current debates about the commercialisation and sexualisation of childhood and fears about children ‘growing up too soon’, she identifies hostile media attention around child stars as indicative of broader social concerns about the ‘correct’ role and place of children in relation to normative ideals of childhood. Through reference to extensive empirical examples of the way child stars such as Shirley Temple, Macaulay Culkin, Charlotte Church and Jackie Coogan have been constructed in the media, this book illustrates both the powerlessness and the power held by this tiny band of children, and demonstrates their significance as representatives of the public face of childhood throughout the twentieth century and beyond.

BLOCH,JULIA CHANG and had two more children. ... Temple found that her past career as a film star was an advantage in her diplomatic career. ... Her best-selling autobiography, Child Star, was published in 1988.

Author: Donna Hightower-Langston

Publisher: Infobase Publishing

ISBN: 9781438107929

Category: Women civic leaders

Page: 305

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Presents biographical profiles of American women leaders and activists, including birth and death dates, major accomplishments, and historical influence.

An Autobiography (Boston: Little, Brown, 1964), 419; Ward, FirstClass Temperament, 711. ... 2 Diana Serra Cary, Hollywood's Children: An Inside Account of the Child Star Era (Dallas: Southern Methodist University Press, 1997), 149.

Author: John F. Kasson

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

ISBN: 9780393244182

Category: Biography & Autobiography

Page: 320

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“[An] elucidating cultural history of Hollywood’s most popular child star . . . a must-read.”—Bill Desowitz, USA Today Her image appeared in periodicals and advertisements roughly twenty times daily; she rivaled FDR and Edward VIII as the most photographed person in the world. Her portrait brightened the homes of countless admirers: from a black laborer’s cabin in South Carolina and young Andy Warhol’s house in Pittsburgh to FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover’s recreation room in Washington, DC, and gangster “Bumpy” Johnson’s Harlem apartment. A few years later her smile cheered the secret bedchamber of Anne Frank in Amsterdam as young Anne hid from the Nazis. For four consecutive years Shirley Temple was the world’s box-office champion, a record never equaled. By early 1935 her mail was reported as four thousand letters a week, and hers was the second-most popular girl’s name in the country. What distinguished Shirley Temple from every other Hollywood star of the period—and everyone since—was how brilliantly she shone. Amid the deprivation and despair of the Great Depression, Shirley Temple radiated optimism and plucky good cheer that lifted the spirits of millions and shaped their collective character for generations to come. Distinguished cultural historian John F. Kasson shows how the most famous, adored, imitated, and commodified child in the world astonished movie goers, created a new international culture of celebrity, and revolutionized the role of children as consumers. Tap-dancing across racial boundaries with Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, foiling villains, and mending the hearts and troubles of the deserving, Shirley Temple personified the hopes and dreams of Americans. To do so, she worked virtually every day of her childhood, transforming her own family as well as the lives of her fans.

Although there probably will never be a child star like Shirley Temple again, there are claims about the emergence ... Shirley Temple's Child Star: An Autobiography (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1988) and A. Edwards' Shirley Temple: American ...

Author: Toby Miller

Publisher: Routledge

ISBN: 9781136175954

Category: Social Science

Page: 536

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Research on popular culture is a dynamic, fast-growing domain. In scholarly terms, it cuts across many areas, including communication studies, sociology, history, American studies, anthropology, literature, journalism, folklore, economics, and media and cultural studies. The Routledge Companion to Global Popular Culture provides an authoritative, up-to-date, intellectually broad, internationally-aware, and conceptually agile guide to the most important aspects of popular culture scholarship. Specifically, this Companion includes: interdisciplinary models and approaches for analyzing popular culture; wide-ranging case studies; discussions of economic and policy underpinnings; analysis of textual manifestations of popular culture; examinations of political, social, and cultural dynamics; and discussions of emerging issues such as ecological sustainability and labor. Featuring scholarly voices from across six continents, The Routledge Companion to Global Popular Culture presents a nuanced and wide-ranging survey of popular culture research.

In this book, you'll learn how Shirley Temple was able to reach the hearts of so many people, how she shaped the entertainment industry and how she was able to become a star during the most dangerous and scarce times in the American history ...

Author: Chris Dicker

Publisher: Chris Dicker

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Category: Young Adult Nonfiction

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You are about to discover the astonishing and quite unusual success of Shirley Temple during the harsh times the United States has ever known - The Great Depression of the 1930s. While people struggle for survival, food, shelter, and money, Shirley Temple rocked the entertainment industry and prevented many of the film companies like Twentieth Century Fox from bankruptcy. Shirley Temple was shining light in the hearts of people during the difficult times in the United States and this turned her into a true icon, a child star. In this book, you'll learn how Shirley Temple was able to reach the hearts of so many people, how she shaped the entertainment industry and how she was able to become a star during the most dangerous and scarce times in the American history where I doubt people were on the mood for films and entertainment, yet, she was able to influence so many people and bring light in the darkness. Shirley Temple remains the most famous child star of all time, but even this designation fails to reflect the magnitude of her popularity during The Great Depression. While it is true that she was not the first child actor to reach Hollywood fame, she was the first - and to this day, perhaps the only - star who rose to the very pinnacle of the Hollywood elite before she even turned 10 years old. Grab your copy now!

Bentovim, A. and Boston, P. (1988) 'Sexual Abuse: Basic Issues and Characteristics of Children and Families'. In Bentovim, Elton et al. ... Black, Shirley Temple (1989) Child Star: An Autobiography. London, Headline.

Author: Diana Gittins

Publisher: Macmillan International Higher Education

ISBN: 9781349260928

Category: Children

Page: 256

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Gittins explores the tensions and contradictions implicit in notions of children and childhood, examining how children can represent innocence, beauty and hope, while at the same time they are neglected, disenfranchised and abused.

Carter, “Depression-Era Child Star Dies at 85.” 4. Windeler, Films of Shirley Temple, 77. 5. ... Black, Child Star, 98. 16. Kasson, Little Girl, 102. 17. ... Child Star: An Autobiography. New York: Warner Books, 1988. Bogle, Donald.

Author: Douglas Brode

Publisher: Lexington Books

ISBN: 9781498566896

Category: Social Science

Page: 294

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In The American Civil War on Film and TV: Blue and Gray in Black and White and Color, Douglas Brode, Shea T. Brode, and Cynthia J. Miller bring together nineteen essays by a diverse array of scholars to explore issues of morality, race, gender, nation, and history in films and television shows featuring the American Civil War.

Child Star : An Autobiography . New York : tral figure in contemporary American popular culture . She McGraw - Hill , 1988 . made the song “ On the Good Ship Lollipop ” famous . A non- Windeler , Robert . The Films of Shirley Temple .

Author: William Labov

Publisher: Popular Press

ISBN: 0879728213

Category: Social Science

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"To understand the history and spirit of America, one must know its wars, its laws, and its presidents. To really understand it, however, one must also know its cheeseburgers, its love songs, and its lawn ornaments. The long-awaited Guide to the United States Popular Culture provides a single-volume guide to the landscape of everyday life in the United States. Scholars, students, and researchers will find in it a valuable tool with which to fill in the gaps left by traditional history. All American readers will find in it, one entry at a time, the story of their lives."--Robert Thompson, President, Popular Culture Association. "At long last popular culture may indeed be given its due within the humanities with the publication of The Guide to United States Popular Culture. With its nearly 1600 entries, it promises to be the most comprehensive single-volume source of information about popular culture. The range of subjects and diversity of opinions represented will make this an almost indispensable resource for humanities and popular culture scholars and enthusiasts alike."--Timothy E. Scheurer, President, American Culture Association "The popular culture of the United States is as free-wheeling and complex as the society it animates. To understand it, one needs assistance. Now that explanatory road map is provided in this Guide which charts the movements and people involved and provides a light at the end of the rainbow of dreams and expectations."--Marshall W. Fishwick, Past President, Popular Culture Association Features of The Guide to United States Popular Culture: 1,010 pages 1,600 entries 500 contributors Alphabetic entries Entries range from general topics (golf, film) to specific individuals, items, and events Articles are supplemented by bibliographies and cross references Comprehensive index