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Tables of Contents for Oscar Fever
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
xi
The Greatest Show on Earth
1
16
Why Do We Watch the Oscar Awards Show?
2
3
The Awards Ceremonies
5
5
The Oscar Telecast
10
7
The History of the Oscar Award
17
15
The Idea for an Academy
19
3
The Academy's Structure and Membership
22
3
Procedures for Nomination
25
3
Award Categories
28
4
Oscar's Preeminence in the Film World
32
13
Film Institutes
32
2
International Film Festivals
34
2
Critics Associations
36
2
Other Awards
38
2
Oscar-The King of Showbiz Awards?
40
5
The Nomination
45
36
The First Nomination
45
4
Early and Late Oscar Recognition
49
6
Lead versus Supporting Oscars
55
4
Single and Multiple Nominations
59
5
The Nomination's Effects
64
17
The Oscar as a Global Award
81
23
Oscar's International Dimension
81
1
The British Dominance
82
12
Best Foreign-Language Picture Nominees
94
7
Nationalism versus Globalism
101
3
Winning the Oscar
104
24
The Winners' Age
104
2
The Oscar as an Instant Reward
106
6
Nomination and Winning
112
2
Ties and Multiple Oscars
114
3
The Oscar-A White Man's Award?
117
3
The Nominees as a Social Community
120
8
Oscar-Winning Films-Biopictures
128
23
Real to Reel: Biopictures
128
3
The Serious-Problem Picture
131
2
The Woman's Film
133
3
Message Movies: Race, Politics, and Crime
136
8
Message Movies: Individual and the Family
144
7
Oscar-Winning Films-Historical Epics
151
24
War Films
159
6
Action-Adventures
165
4
Thrillers and Horror Flicks
169
2
Westerns
171
4
Oscar-Winning Films-Comedies and Musicals
175
19
The Oscar Comedies
175
7
No Respect for Comedy
182
3
Musicals
185
5
What to Make of It
190
4
Oscar-Winning Roles
194
24
Oscar and Genre
194
1
Oscar and Gender
195
2
Prevalent Male Roles
197
4
Female Stereotypes
201
6
Suffering and Victimization
207
4
Oscar, Hollywood, and Male Dominance
211
2
Changes in Oscar Roles
213
5
Oscar as a Popularity Contest
218
20
Errors of Omission
219
2
Popularity Contest
221
4
Reward for Mediocrity
225
2
Reward for Eccentricity
227
2
The Oscar as Compensation
229
4
The Career Oscars
233
5
The Meanings of Oscar
238
34
Total Embracement: The Oscar as Peer Recognition
238
6
Ambivalence and Rejection
244
4
Reaction to Winning
248
5
I Would Like to Thank
253
5
Defeat in the Public Eye
258
14
Oscar's Impact
272
25
Impact on Films
272
5
Oscar's Career Impact
277
4
Skyrocketing Salaries
277
1
International Stardom
278
3
Oscar's Cumulative Advantage
281
3
The Triple Crown: Oscar-Tony-Emmy
284
3
Oscar's Negative Effects
287
10
The Curse of Typecasting
289
5
Oscar Anxiety
294
3
Can the Oscar Be Bought?
297
18
Studio Politics
297
4
Indies Grabbing Oscars
301
2
Ad Campaigns
303
12
The Politics of Oscar
315
22
Politics and Film Artists' Careers
322
5
Using the Oscar Show for Propaganda
327
10
Conclusion: Oscar, Hollywood, and American Culture
337
10
Oscar's Preeminence
341
6
Appendixes
347
14
Index
361