The Politics of Glamour: Ideology and Democracy in the Screen Actors Guild

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Author: David F. Prindle

ISBN-10: 0299118142

ISBN-13: 9780299118143

Category: Entertainment Industry - History

Rarely are the off-screen lives of actors examined for evidence of deep thinking or good citizenship. Still more rarely do the internal workings of labor unions attract public scrutiny. Nevertheless, as David Prindle shows in his examination of democracy in the Screen Actors Guild, this actors’ union has for over 50 years been an arena for idealistic, yet intense and hardboiled political maneuvering.\     In The Politics of Glamour, readers become aware of the seriousness and...

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AbbreviationsixAcknowledgmentsxi1A Union of Screen Actors32Action163Reaction374Upheaval695Democracy926Polarization1247War1558Ideology1819Valediction209Notes221Sources247Index251