Kirsten Pullen

Like a Natural Woman

Spectacular Female Performance in Classical Hollywood

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Produktbeschreibung

Esther Williams, Jane Russell, Carmen Miranda, Lena Horne Zsa Zsa Gabor are rarely hailed as naturalistic performers. Bringing a fresh perspective to film history through the lens of performance studies, Kirsten Pullen explores the ways in which these actresses, who always appeared to be "playing themselves”, responded to the naturalist notion that actors should create authentic characters by drawing from their own lives.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 245
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. August 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 144mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 426g
• ISBN-13: 9780813562643
• ISBN-10: 0813562643
• Artikelnr.: 40054774

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