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Diana Holmes is Professor of French at the University of Leeds. She is the author of many books and articles on women writers in 19th and (mainly) 20th century France, including Colette (1991), French Women's Writing 1848-1996 (1998), Rachilde: Decadence, Gender and the Woman Writer (2001). In film studies, she has co-authored a book on the cinema of Frantois Truffaut, and co-edits a major series on French Film Directors (Manchester University Press). She is currently at work on a study of female-authored romance in 20th century France, and working on gender in Hollywood and New Wave film in the 50s/60s.
Introduction | p. 1 |
Stardom in Theory and Context | p. 7 |
1950s Popular Culture: Star-Gazing and Myth-Making with Roland Barthes and Edgar Morin | p. 26 |
'A Girl of Today': Brigitte Bardot | p. 40 |
Rock 'n' Roll Stardom: Johnny Hallyday | p. 67 |
Stardom on Wheels: Raymond Poulidor | p. 94 |
The Auteur as Star: Jean-Luc Godard | p. 126 |
The Intellectual as Celebrity: Claude Levi-Strauss | p. 152 |
'Starlerte de la Litterature': Francoise Sagan | p. 175 |
The Only Act in Town: Charles de Gaulle | p. 199 |
Conclusion | p. 219 |
Bibliography | p. 223 |
Notes on Contributors | p. 234 |
Index | p. 236 |
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