{"product_id":"hollywoods-others-by-katherine-fusco-9780231220927","title":"Hollywood's Others","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe tend to think about movie stars as either glamorous or relatable. But in the 1920s and 1930s, when the Hollywood star system was taking shape, a number of unusual stars appeared on the silver screen, representing groups from which the American mainstream typically sought to avert its eyes. What did it mean for a white entertainment columnist to empathize with an ambiguously gendered Black child star? Or for boys to idolize Lon Chaney, famous for portraying characters with disabilities?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHollywood’s Others\u003c\/i\u003e explores the affective ties between white, non-disabled audiences and the fascinatingly different stars with whom they identified—but only up to a point. Katherine Fusco argues that stardom in this era at once offered ways for viewers to connect across group boundaries while also policing the limits of empathy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExamining fan magazines alongside film performances, she traces the intense audience attachment to atypical celebrities and the ways the film industry sought to manage it. Fusco considers Shirley Temple’s career in light of child labour laws and changing notions of childhood; shows how white viewers responded to Black music in depictions of the antebellum South; and analyses the gender politics of conspiracy theories around celebrity suicides.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShedding light on marginalised stardoms and the anxieties they provoked, \u003ci\u003eHollywood’s Others\u003c\/i\u003e challenges common notions about film’s capacity to build empathy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46791357366508,"sku":"9780231220927","price":60.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/8265973482270.jpg?v=1756982203","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/hollywoods-others-by-katherine-fusco-9780231220927","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}