Kirsten Pullen

Like a Natural Woman

Spectacular Female Performance in Classical Hollywood

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Produktbeschreibung

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. Like a Natural Woman challenges these assumptions, revealing the skill and training that went into the work of these five actresses, who employed naturalistic performance techniques, both onscreen and off.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• None edition
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. August 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 159mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 549g
• ISBN-13: 9780813562650
• ISBN-10: 0813562651
• Artikelnr.: 40047702

Autorenporträt

 KIRSTEN PULLEN is an associate professor and director of graduate studies in the department of performance studies at Texas A&M University. Her publications include the book Actresses and Whores: On Stage and In Society .

Inhaltsangabe

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