Starring Tom Cruise |
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Editor:
| Redmond, Sean |
Author:
| Redmond, Sean O'Neill, Patrick T??z??n, Defne Weber, Brenda R. Goldberg, Sasha T. Haywood, Loraine Men?®ndez-Otero, Carlos Fhlainn, Sorcha N?¡ Wight, Linda Wade, Alex Lomax, Tara Daniel, Adam O'Donnell, Ruth Donnar, Glen Rawlins, Justin Owen DeAngelis, Michael |
Series title: | Contemporary Approaches to Film and Media Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-8143-4718-8 |
Publication Date: | Mar 2021 |
Publisher: | Wayne State University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $50.00 |
Book Description:
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Examines how Tom Cruise's star image moves across genres and forms as a type of commercial product that offers viewers certain pleasures and expectations. Cruise reads as an action hero and romantic lead yet finds himself in homoerotic and homosocial relationships that unsettle and undermine these heterosexual scripts.
Examines how Tom Cruise's star image moves across genres and forms as a type of commercial product that offers viewers certain pleasures and expectations. Cruise reads as an action hero and romantic lead yet finds himself in homoerotic and homosocial relationships that unsettle and undermine these heterosexual scripts.