Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE ix
4. Introduction: Playing Herself: The Naturalist Paradigm and the Spectacle of Female Sexuality 1
5. 1. Engineered for Stardom: Publicity, Performance, and Jane Russell 27
6. 2. More than a Mermaid: Esther Williams, Performance, and the Body 62
7. 3. Light Egyptian: Lena Horne and the Representation of Black Femininity 94
8. 4. Carnival!: Carmen Miranda and the Spectacle of Authenticity 127
9. 5. Famous for Being Famous: Persona, Performance, and the Case for Zsa Zsa Gabor 169
10. NOTES 201
11. INDEX 227
12. ABOUT THE AUTHOR 247