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Kirsten Pullen - Like a Natural Woman: Spectacular Female Performance in Classical Hollywood - 9780813562650 - V9780813562650
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Like a Natural Woman: Spectacular Female Performance in Classical Hollywood

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Description for Like a Natural Woman: Spectacular Female Performance in Classical Hollywood Hardback. .
 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 ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813562650
SKU
V9780813562650
Shipping Time
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About Kirsten Pullen
 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.

Reviews for Like a Natural Woman: Spectacular Female Performance in Classical Hollywood
"This well-researched and detailed study of female performance in classical Hollywood cinema and its persistence and ubiquity in modern celebrity culture is (almost!) as entertaining as the films and stars discussed."
Adrienne L. McLean
author of Being Rita Hayworth: Labor, Identity, and Hollywood Stardom
"Kirsten Pullen’s engaging and illuminating work breaks new ground in performance studies, film ... Read more

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