Like a natural woman
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 gritty dram...
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| Glavni autor: | Pullen, Kirsten (-) |
| Vrsta građe: | Knjiga |
| Jezik: | eng |
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New Brunswick, NJ:
Rutgers University Press,
2014.
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- Introduction: Playing herself: The naturalist paradigm and the spectacle of female sexuality
- Engineered for stardom: Publicity, performance, and Jane Russell
- More than a mermaid: Esther Williams, performance, and the body
- Light Egyptian: Lena Horne and the representation of black femininity
- Carnival!: Carmen Miranda and the spectacle of authenticity
- Famous for being famous: Persona, performance and the case for Zsa Zsa Gabor.