Like a natural woman : spectacular female performance in classical Hollywood /

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"Bathing beauty Esther Williams, bombshell Jane Russell, exotic Carmen Miranda, chanteuse Lena Horne, and talk-show fixture Zsa Zsa Gabor are rarely hailed as great actors or as naturalistic performers. Those terms of praise are given to male stars like Marlon Brando and James Dean, whose gritt...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pullen, Kirsten
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, New Jersey ; London : Rutgers University Press, [2014]
Temas:
Women in motion pictures.
Motion picture actors and actresses > California > Los Angeles.
Femmes au cinéma.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
Motion picture actors and actresses
Women in motion pictures
California > Los Angeles
Esther Williams, Jane Russell, Carmen Miranda, Lena Horne, Zsa Zsa Gabor.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction. Playing Herself: The Naturalist Paradigm and the Spectacle of Female Sexuality
  • 1. Engineered for Stardom: Publicity, Performance, and Jane Russell
  • 2. More than a Mermaid: Esther Williams, Performance, and the Body
  • 3. Light Egyptian: Lena Horne and the Representation of Black Femininity
  • 4. Carnival!: Carmen Miranda and the Spectacle of Authenticity
  • 5. Famous for Being Famous: Persona, Performance, and the Case for Zsa Zsa Gabor
  • Notes
  • Index

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