Barbra Streisand: Redefining Beauty, Femininity, and Power Tapa blanda - 2017

Yale University Press, 2017-09-12. Paperback. Very Good. Clean, sturdy, unmarked copy. JP

Yale Univ Pr, 2017. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 296 pages. 8.00x5.25x0.75 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. An enthralling appreciation of the monumentally gifted popular artist and cultural icon who challenged Hollywood's standards of beauty and glamour Barbra Streisand has been called the "most successful...talented performer of her generation" by Vanity Fair, and her voice, said pianist Glenn Gould, is "one of the natural wonders of the age." Streisand scaled the heights of entertainment-from a popular vocalist to a first-rank Broadway star in Funny Girl to an Oscar-winning actress to a producer and director. But she has also become a cultural icon who has transcended show business. To achieve her success, Brooklyn-born Streisand had to overcome tremendous odds, not the least of which was her Jewishness. Dismissed, insulted, even reviled when she embarked on a show business career for acting too Jewish and looking too Jewish, she brilliantly converted her Jewishness into a metaphor for outsiderness that would eventually make her the… Leer más

Yale University Press. Used - Like New. Like New condition. A near perfect copy that may have very minor cosmetic defects.

Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; An enthralling appreciation of the monumentally gifted popular artist and cultural icon who challenged Hollywood's standards of beauty and glamour Barbra Streisand has been called the "most successful...talented performer of her ge

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.