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In this intimate portrait, Mann incisively illuminates Streisand's climb to fame before she became the icon.
In this intimate portrait, Mann incisively illuminates Streisand's climb to fame before she became the icon.
Sand Koufax, Lenny Bruce, Bob Dylan, and Barbra Streisand first came to public attention in the early 1960s, a period this book identifies as historically ripe for American Jews to reexamine their (Jewish) identities. All four achieved extraordinary success in their respective f…
Barbra Streisand. Redefining beauty, femininity, and power
by Gabler, Neal
fromJewish lives
0
Type: Book
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-r…
Barbra Streisand: redefining beauty, femininity, and power
by Gabler, Neal
fromJewish lives
0
Type: Book
Examines Streisand's life and career through the 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
Barbra Streisand: redefining beauty, femininity, and power
by Gabler, Neal
fromJewish lives
0
Type: Book
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-r…
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-r…
Offers a biography of the talented, Brooklyn-born popular performer who achieved celebrity even though her Jewish identity and look were considered obstacles to fame, and looks at how her unique identity and personality helped her succeed.
Barbra Streisand: redefining beauty, femininity, and power
by Gabler, Neal
fromJewish lives
0
Type: Book
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-r…
Barbra Streisand. Redefining beauty, femininity, and power
by Gabler, Neal
fromJewish lives
0
Type: Book
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-r…