redefining beauty, femininity, and power Gabler, Neal 1950- creator author. text bibliography biography Biographies. Biography. Biographies. ctu 2016 monographic eng

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viii, 284 p. : portrait ; 22 cm 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. Neal Gabler. Includes bibliographical references and index. Streisand, Barbra Streisand, Barbra Streisand, Barbra 1942- Singers United States Biography Motion picture actors and actresses United States Biography Motion picture actors and actresses Singers BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies United States ML 420 G115b 2016 791 9780300210910 9780300230611 0300210914 DLC 151116 20250915100458.0 128546