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084			_aonline - DeGruyter
100	1		_aPullen, Kirsten _eautore
245	1	0	_aLike a Natural Woman : _bSpectacular Female Performance in Classical Hollywood / _cKirsten Pullen.
264		1	_aNew Brunswick, NJ : _bRutgers University Press, _c[2014]
264		4	_c©2014
300			_a1 online resource (245 p.) : _b31 photographs
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505	0	0	_tFrontmatter -- _tCONTENTS -- _tPREFACE -- _tIntroduction: Playing Herself: The Naturalist Paradigm and the Spectacle of Female Sexuality -- _t1. Engineered for Stardom: Publicity, Performance, and Jane Russell -- _t2. More than a Mermaid: Esther Williams, Performance, and the Body -- _t3. Light Egyptian: Lena Horne and the Representation of Black Femininity -- _t4. Carnival!: Carmen Miranda and the Spectacle of Authenticity -- _t5. Famous for Being Famous: Persona, Performance, and the Case for Zsa Zsa Gabor -- _tNOTES -- _tINDEX -- _tABOUT THE AUTHOR
506	0		_arestricted access _uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec _fonline access with authorization _2star
520			_aBathing 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.
530			_aIssued also in print.
538			_aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546			_aIn English.
588	0		_aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021)
650		0	_aMotion picture actors and actresses _zCalifornia _zLos Angeles.
650		0	_aWomen in motion pictures.
650		7	_aPERFORMING ARTS / General. _2bisacsh
653			_aEsther Williams, Jane Russell, Carmen Miranda, Lena Horne, Zsa Zsa Gabor.
850			_aIT-RoAPU
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.36019/9780813562667
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780813562667
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