{"product_id":"9781493085651","title":"Jimmy: The Secret Life of James Dean","description":"Author: Colavito, Jason\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781493085651\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 19 Nov 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 320 Format: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fresh and long-overdue reassessment of James Dean, examining his life and legacy as a queer man.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough he died at a heartbreakingly young age and appeared in only a handful of movies, James Dean revolutionized American manhood. As a celebrity and icon, he melded vulnerability with determination, sensitivity with strength, in a way that offered a bracing and   for some   threatening new vision of masculinity. His massive influence and the fascination he has always inspired are inseparable from his identity as a queer man whose complex sexuality shattered the norms of midcentury American society. (When asked whether he was a homosexual, he reportedly said, \"I'm certainly not going through life with one hand tied behind my back.\")\u003cbr\u003eToday, even though it is widely accepted that Dean was gay or bisexual, the story of his life and personal character continue to be colored by the prejudices of an earlier era and the work of often unscrupulous biographers and journalists. Drawing on exhaustive new research (including more than four hundred previously secret pages of Dean's personal and business records), \u003ci\u003eJimmy- The Secret Life of James Dean \u003c\/i\u003eis a revelatory reassessment of the man and his legacy. Free from sensationalism   but unafraid to confront the difficult facts of Dean's life   it deploys modern insights into sexual diversity to transform our understanding of James Dean's story, and the stories of boys and men like him.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46658429550750,"sku":"UBD-9781493085651","price":61.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781493085651.jpg?v=1774925672","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781493085651","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}