Ready for Your Close-Up? Polyvalent Identity and the Hollywood Headshot.

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    • Subject Terms:
      HOLLYWOOD (Los Angeles, Calif.); LOS Angeles (Calif.); CALIFORNIA
    • Abstract:
      Headshots are commercial portraits that are arguably the currency of the actor's trade in the Hollywood entertainment industry. But as with all cultural artifacts, a single object can be subject to multiple interpretations by the constituencies that make use of it. This article utilizes a polyvalent interpretation to examine the ways in which actors, photographers, and casting agents all subscribe to the same denotation of these objects, while retaining a significant difference in their valuation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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