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Zusatztext For those of us who love Marilyn! [Banner's book] constitutes an invaluable resource! a compendium of the latest discoveries! a settling of long-festering questions! and a thoughtful and thorough revisiting of the subjects we love most. Informationen zum Autor Lois Banner is a founder of the field of women's history and cofounder of the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians! the major academic event in the field. She was the first woman president of the American Studies Association! and in 2005 she won the ASA's Bode-Pearson Prize for Outstanding Contributions to American Studies. She is the author of ten books! including her acclaimed American Beauty and most recently MM-Personal ! which reproduces and discusses items from Marilyn Monroe's personal archive. Banner is a professor of history and gender studies at USC and lives in Southern California. Klappentext Marilyn Monroe was rooted in paradox: She was a powerful star and a childlike waif; an irreverent party girl with a deeply spiritual side; a superb friend and a narcissist; a dumb blonde and an intellectual. No previous biographer has recognized most of these aspects. Banner has in a nuanced new biography. "This is the book to read if you want to try to understand what made Monroe tick." - The Washington Post Zusammenfassung Like her art! Marilyn Monroe was rooted in paradox: She was a powerful star and a childlike waif; a joyful! irreverent party girl with a deeply spiritual side; a superb friend and a narcissist; a dumb blonde and an intellectual. No previous biographer has recognized-much less attempted to analyze-most of these aspects of her personality. Lois Banner has. With new details about Marilyn's childhood foster homes! her sexual abuse! her multiple marriages! her affairs! and her untimely death at the age of thirty-six! Marilyn is! at last! the nuanced biography Monroe fans have been waiting for. ...
