Like a Natural Woman : : Spectacular Female Performance in Classical Hollywood / / Kirsten Pullen.
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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Pullen, Kirsten, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Like a Natural Woman : Spectacular Female Performance in Classical Hollywood / Kirsten Pullen. New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2014] ©2014 1 online resource (245 p.) : 31 photographs text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- 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 -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star 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 dramas are seen as a departure from the glossy spectacles in which these stars appeared. Like a Natural Woman challenges those assumptions, revealing the skill and training that went into the work of these five actresses, who employed naturalistic performance techniques, both onscreen and off. 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. At the same time, she examines how Hollywood presented these female stars as sex objects, focusing on their spectacular bodies at the expense of believable characterization or narratives. Pullen not only helps us appreciate what talented actresses these five women actually were, but also reveals how they sought to express themselves and maintain agency, even while meeting the demands of their directors, studios, families, and fans to perform certain feminine roles. Drawing from a rich collection of classic films, publicity materials, and studio archives, Like a Natural Woman lets us take a new look at both Hollywood acting techniques and the performance of femininity itself. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Motion picture actors and actresses California Los Angeles. Women in motion pictures. PERFORMING ARTS / General. bisacsh Esther Williams, Jane Russell, Carmen Miranda, Lena Horne, Zsa Zsa Gabor. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 9783110666151 print 9780813562650 https://doi.org/10.36019/9780813562667 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780813562667 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780813562667.jpg |
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