This critical analysis of Streisand looks past the mainstream show-business figure to deconstruct the revolutionary that she really is: as a passionate actor of songs, a revisionist in the development of the American movie star, and a performer of unprecedented range. She can play the madcap Fanny Brice and Dolly, the politically intense heroine of The Way We Were, the sexually abused daughter who becomes a prostitute and a murderer in Nuts, the cross-dressing Yentl who seeks the liberty that men take for granted and women are denied.
CONTENTS
Streisand's Chronology
1. An Introduction to Streisand's Life and Work
2. Streisand's Theatre
3. Streisand's Television
4. Streisand's Recordings
5. Streisand's Cinema
Bibliography
Index