LEADER 04096nam 2200649 450 001 9910824396403321 005 20230803205216.0 010 $a0-8135-6266-X 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813562667 035 $a(CKB)3710000000244264 035 $a(EBL)1793658 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001349295 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11805447 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001349295 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11402442 035 $a(PQKB)11107304 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1793658 035 $a(OCoLC)891590825 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse33947 035 $a(DE-B1597)526471 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813562667 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1793658 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10937157 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL646218 035 $a(OCoLC)923709472 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000244264 100 $a20140930h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurbn#---upuuu 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLike a natural woman $espectacular female performance in classical hollywood /$fKirsten Pullen 210 1$aNew Brunswick, New Jersey :$cRutgers University Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource 300 $aIncludes index. 311 0 $a1-322-14963-1 311 0 $a0-8135-6265-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$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 330 $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. 606 $aWomen in motion pictures 606 $aMotion picture actors and actresses$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles 610 $aEsther Williams, Jane Russell, Carmen Miranda, Lena Horne, Zsa Zsa Gabor. 615 0$aWomen in motion pictures. 615 0$aMotion picture actors and actresses 676 $a791.4302/809252 686 $aAP 50300$2rvk 700 $aPullen$b Kirsten$01638462 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824396403321 996 $aLike a natural woman$93980858 997 $aUNINA