Barbra Streisand : redefining beauty, femininity, and power

Gabler, Neal2017

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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. 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.