Boulevard of Broken Dreams: The Life, Times and Legend of James Dean

by Paul Alexander

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Drawing from new and documented sources, a revisionist portrait of the actor's homosexuality and personal identity conflict argues that Dean's angst-ridden public compliance with rigid sexual mores helped fuel the electricity of his performances.

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Paul Alexander is cohost of the highly rated WABC radio show with John Batchelor, Batchelor & Alexander. is articles have appeared in George, Mirabella, The Advocate, and Rolling Stone. In addition, his cultural reporting has appeared in the New York Times, the New York Times Magazine, New York, the Village Voice, Worth, Interview, the Los Angeles show more Times Book Review, Out, The Nation, Cosmopolitan, Premiere, Gear, Travel & Leisure, the New York Observer, and The Guardian. During the fall of 2002, he was a Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. Alexander lives in New York City show less

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Goldmann (43257)

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Original title
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Original publication date
1994
People/Characters
James Dean

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Biography & Memoir, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS
791.43028092Arts & recreationRecreation, sports, and performing artsPublic performancesMotion pictures, radio, television, podcastingMotion picturesStandard subdivisionsActing and performanceStandard subdivisionsHistory, geographic treatment, biographyBiography
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PN2287 .D33 .A84Language and LiteratureLiterature (General)Literature (General)DramaDramatic representation. The theaterSpecial regions or countries
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