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Many Lives of Marilyn Monroe by Sarah Bartlett Churchwell (2005, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHolt & Company, Henry
ISBN-100805078185
ISBN-139780805078183
eBay Product ID (ePID)30758230
Product Key Features
Book TitleMany Lives of Marilyn Monroe
Number of Pages384 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicPopular Culture, Women's Studies, Entertainment & Performing Arts
Publication Year2005
IllustratorYes
GenreSocial Science, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorSarah Bartlett Churchwell
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight23.9 Oz
Item Length10 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2004-053076
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal791.43/028/092 B
SynopsisA brilliant investigation into the debates surrounding Marilyn Monroe's life and the cultural attitudes that her legend reveals There are many Marilyns: sex goddess and innocent child, crafty manipulator and dumb blonde, liberated woman and tragic loner. Indeed, the writing and rewriting of this endlessly intriguing icon's life has produced more than six hundred books, from the long procession of "authoritative" biographies to the memoirs and plays by ex-husband Arthur Miller and the works by Norman Mailer and Joyce Carol Oates. But even as the books have multiplied, myth, reality, fact, fiction, and gossip have become only more intertwined; there is still no agreement about such fundamental questions as Marilyn's given name, the identity of her father, whether she was molested as a child, and how and why she died. The Many Lives of Marilyn Monroe reviews the unreliable and unverifiable-but highly significant-stories that have framed the greatest Hollywood legend. All the while, cultural critic Sarah Churchwell reveals us to ourselves: our conflicted views on women, our tormented sexual attitudes, our ambivalence about success, our fascination with self-destruction. In incisive and passionate prose, Churchwell uncovers the shame, belittlement, and anxiety that we bring to the story of a woman we supposedly adore. In the process, she rescues a Marilyn Monroe who is far more complicated and credible than the one we think we know.
LC Classification NumberPN2287.M69C48 2005
