Katharine Hepburn s’en va-t-en guerre / Katharine Hepburn goes to war

Katharine Hepburn s’en va-t-en guerre / Katharine Hepburn goes to war

This article focuses on a relatively unstudied period of Hepburn’s career, which corresponds to the US participation in the Second World War. It analyses the way in which the films Woman of the Year (1942), Keeper of the Flame (1943), Dragon Seed (1944) and Without Love (1945) shape the star’s image...

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Main Author: Jules SANDEAU
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Laboratoire d’Etudes et de Recherches sur le Monde Anglophone (LERMA) 2020-12-01
Series:E-REA
Subjects:
Katharine Hepburn
star studies
gender
WWII
Hollywood
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/erea/10111
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Katharine Hepburn s’en va-t-en guerre / Katharine Hepburn goes to war
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star studies
gender
WWII
Hollywood
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title Katharine Hepburn s’en va-t-en guerre / Katharine Hepburn goes to war
title_short Katharine Hepburn s’en va-t-en guerre / Katharine Hepburn goes to war
title_full Katharine Hepburn s’en va-t-en guerre / Katharine Hepburn goes to war
title_fullStr Katharine Hepburn s’en va-t-en guerre / Katharine Hepburn goes to war
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publisher Laboratoire d’Etudes et de Recherches sur le Monde Anglophone (LERMA)
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publishDate 2020-12-01
description This article focuses on a relatively unstudied period of Hepburn’s career, which corresponds to the US participation in the Second World War. It analyses the way in which the films Woman of the Year (1942), Keeper of the Flame (1943), Dragon Seed (1944) and Without Love (1945) shape the star’s image in order to adapt it to their specific socio-historical context. It does so by also examining the promotional material surrounding the films releases and by focalizing on the gender dimension of Hepburn’s persona. While underlining the ambivalence of these films, this study highlights the way in which the star’s deviations from gender norms were relatively and momentarily valued as assets used in the national interest.
topic Katharine Hepburn
star studies
gender
WWII
Hollywood
url http://journals.openedition.org/erea/10111
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