Table of Contents

• Acknowledgments
• Introduction: The Rebel Icon
• Chapter 1: Birth of an Icon
• Chapter 2: Disney's Dean
• Chapter 3: Rebel Wrecks
• Chapter 4: The Teen Rebel
• Chapter 5: The Postcolonial Rebel
• Chapter 6: The Posthuman Rebel
• Chapter 7: The Virtual Rebel
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index

Promotional Information

An exploration of the international legacy of rebel imagery made popular by James Dean in the 1950s.

About the Author

Claudia Springer is an independent scholar living in Newton, Massachusetts. She was a professor in the English Department and Film Studies Program at Rhode Island College for many years.

Reviews

"A significant contribution to both the field of cultural studies, in general, and film theory, specifically, because of its unique approach. I do not know of another work quite like this one, which uses the iconic presence of a movie star to enlighten our understanding of a plethora of films and social practices influenced by that star's image." Kurt Hemmer, Associate Professor of English, Harper College