Dear ListServ Administrator: Please post this to Screen-L. Also, please let me know if you'd like to review the book for your listserv. Thanks! Best wishes, Heather Skinner, Publicist University of Minnesota Press 111 3rd Ave S, Ste. 290 Minneapolis, MN 55401-2520 [log in to unmask] v * 612-627-1932 f * 612-627-1980 http://www.upress.umn.edu A revealing examination of the impact of photography on the image of postwar Hollywood acting FAMOUS FACES YET NOT THEMSELVES: The Misfits and Icons of Postwar America By George Kouvaros University of Minnesota Press | 256 pages | 2010 ISBN 978-0-8166-4747-7| paperback | $24.95 ISBN 978-0-8166-4746-0| hardcover | $75.00 Famous Faces Yet Not Themselves offers a multilayered study of the Magnum photographs from the 1961 film The Misfits. By closely scrutinizing the images from one of America's most haunting and least understood films, George Kouvaros presents a new recognition of the connection between the power of star culture, art photography, and the film industry during a time of rapid social transformation. "In an amazing gesture, George Kouvaros dilates The Misfits, the events of its making, and the photographic record to frame an analysis of the theory and practice of Method acting, as they intersect with the contemporary star system and with the reshaping of movie making in the wake of the studio system's collapse. It is in many ways stunning." -Sharon Willis, University of Rochester "Kouvaros weaves a compelling story about The Misfits, Method technique, the 'image of acting,' and the role of camera-generated pictures in the public imagination. It is a genuinely striking and original contribution." -Roberto Tejada, University of Texas, Austin George Kouvaros is associate professor of film in the School of English, Media, and Performing Arts at the University of New South Wales. He is author of Where Does It Happen? John Cassavetes and Cinema at the Breaking Point (Minnesota, 2004). For more information, including the table of contents, visit the book's webpage: http://www.upress.umn.edu/Books/K/kouvaros_famous.html Sign up to receive news on the latest releases from University of Minnesota Press: http://www.upress.umn.edu/mediaalert.html Please email me if you have any questions. -- Heather Skinner, Publicist University of Minnesota Press 111 3rd Ave S, Ste. 290 Minneapolis, MN 55401-2520 [log in to unmask] v * 612-627-1932 f * 612-627-1980 ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html