Ideal Beauty reveals the woman behind the Garbo mystique, a tough negotiator who used her newfound power in Hollywood to develop a distinctly new feminist screen persona. Examining how she was an icon who helped to define female beauty in the twentieth century, the book also considers Garbo’s spiritual and sexual exploration away from the camera’s glare.
Ideal Beauty reveals the woman behind the Garbo mystique, a tough negotiator who used her newfound power in Hollywood to develop a distinctly new feminist screen persona. Examining how she was an icon who helped to define female beauty in the twentieth century, the book also considers Garbo’s spiritual and sexual exploration away from the camera’s glare.
LOIS W. BANNER is a Professor Emerita of History at the University of Southern California. She was the first female president of the American Studies Association. Her many books include Marilyn: The Passion and the Paradox and American Beauty.
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PROLOGUE Who Was Greta Garbo? PART I. THE STEICHEN PHOTO 1 GARBO GLORIFIED AND DEMONIZED PART II. MATURING 2 CHILDHOOD 3 PUB, DRAMATEN, AND MIMI POLLAK 4 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Garbo and Stiller PART III. THE STAR 5 HOLLYWOOD 6 THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY Garbo and John Gilbert 7 FRIENDS AND LOVERS; ANNA CHRISTIE AND GARBO'S ACTING PART IV. CHOOSING SIDES 8 UNDERSTANDING ADRIAN From Flapper to Glamour 9 THE PRE-CODE ERA 10 BREAKING FREE Queen Christina 11 DENOUEMENT PART V. CELEBRITY 12 SUCCESS AND FAILURE 13 NEW YORK 14 SUMMING UP Acknowledgments Notes Index
PROLOGUE Who Was Greta Garbo? PART I. THE STEICHEN PHOTO 1 GARBO GLORIFIED AND DEMONIZED PART II. MATURING 2 CHILDHOOD 3 PUB, DRAMATEN, AND MIMI POLLAK 4 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Garbo and Stiller PART III. THE STAR 5 HOLLYWOOD 6 THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY Garbo and John Gilbert 7 FRIENDS AND LOVERS; ANNA CHRISTIE AND GARBO'S ACTING PART IV. CHOOSING SIDES 8 UNDERSTANDING ADRIAN From Flapper to Glamour 9 THE PRE-CODE ERA 10 BREAKING FREE Queen Christina 11 DENOUEMENT PART V. CELEBRITY 12 SUCCESS AND FAILURE 13 NEW YORK 14 SUMMING UP Acknowledgments Notes Index
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