Name: Rock Hudson
ISBN: 978-1-137-50626-9

Overview

Authors:

John Mercer

John Mercer

View author publications

You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Part of the book series: Film Stars (FS)

Buy print copy

Keywords

About this book

How did Rock Hudson become the quintessentially rugged masculine star of 1950s and 60s Hollywood, despite his private life as a promiscuous gay man? In this essential critical guide to Hudson's career, John Mercer reassesses his star persona and performance style to reveal a more complex star identity than has hitherto been understood.

About the author

John Mercer is Reader in Gender and Sexuality at Birmingham City University, UK. He is co-author of Melodrama: Genre, Style and Sensibility (2004).

Bibliographic Information

Book Title: Rock Hudson
Authors: John Mercer
Series Title: Film Stars
Publisher: British Film Institute London
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-50626-9Published: 20 February 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: 168
Topics: Film and Television Studies, American Cinema, Film History, Literature, general

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Rock Hudson