Amanda Konkle

Some Kind of Mirror

Creating Marilyn Monroe

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Some Kind of Mirror offers the first extended scholarly analysis of Marilyn Monroe’s film performances, examining how they united the contradictory discourses about women’s roles in 1950s America. Amanda Konkle explores how Monroe drew from the techniques of Method acting and finely calibrated her performances to reflect her audience’s anxieties and desires.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 549mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9781978802629
• ISBN-10: 1978802625
• Artikelnr.: 53487623

Autorenporträt

Konkle, Amanda

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
1          Introduction: Playing Marilyn Monroe
2          Becoming a Star: The Publicity Buildup and Early Performances
3          Mrs. America: Marilyn Monroe and Marriage Anxiety
4          "It's Kinda Personal and Embarrassing, Too": Monroe, the Kinsey
Reports, and the Double Standard
5          The Actress and Her Method: Resisting Playing Marilyn Monroe
Conclusion: A Marilyn Monroe Type
Filmography
Acknowledgments
Notes
Works Cited
Index