02845cam a22004697i 4500 128546 BJBSDDR 20250915100458.0 151116s2016 ctuc b 001 0beng d 9780300210910 9780300230611 0300210914 DLC DLC eng ML 420 G115b 2016 791 Gabler, Neal, 1950- author. 44845 Barbra Streisand : redefining beauty, femininity, and power / Neal Gabler. New Haven : Yale University Press, 2016. viii, 284 p. : portrait ; 22 cm Jewish Lives Includes bibliographical references and index. 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 avenger for anyone who felt marginalized and powerless. Neal Gabler examines Streisand's life and career through this prism of otherness-a Jew in a gentile world, a self-proclaimed homely girl in a world of glamour, a kooky girl in a world of convention-and shows how central it was to Streisand's triumph as one of the voices of her age. Streisand, Barbra. Streisand, Barbra. fast (OCoLC)fst00063523 Streisand, Barbra 1942- gnd Singers United States Biography. Motion picture actors and actresses United States Biography. Motion picture actors and actresses. fast (OCoLC)fst01027096 Singers. fast (OCoLC)fst01119301 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts. bisacsh BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious. bisacsh BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women. bisacsh MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician. bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies. bisacsh United States. fast (OCoLC)fst01204155 Biographies. fast (OCoLC)fst01919896 Biography. fast (OCoLC)fst01423686 Biographies. lcgft lcc BK lmm 71105 71105 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2023-04-10 3 0 ML 420 G115b 2016 00000120700 2018-10-25 00:00:00 2018-10-25 bk