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Marilyn: Norma Jean

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Marilyn: Norma Jean
First edition
AuthorGloria Steinem
(text)
George Barris
(photpgraphs)
LanguageEnglish
SubjectBiography
GenreNon-fiction
PublisherHenry Holt & Co (hardcover)
Signet
(paperback)
Publication date
1988
Publication placeUnited States
Pages182 pages
ISBN978-0805000603 (hardcover) 978-0451155962 (paperback)
Preceded byOutrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions 
Followed byRevolution from Within 

Marilyn: Norma Jean is a biography of Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jean Baker) by feminist Gloria Steinem. Published in 1988, the book features pictures by photographer George Barris and thus evokes Norman Mailer's 1973 controversial biography Marilyn that also essentially is a long essay on Monroe added to a book of photographs.

John Smothers, in his 1987 review in The Library Journal, wrote:

"Steinem admits that as a teenager she walked out on the movie Gentlemen Prefer Blondes because she was embarrassed at Monroe's performance/persona. Now admiring of her subject, Steinem spends little time on Monroe's films but instead concentrates on her personality, believing it, along with her appearance, to be responsible for her status as a cultural icon. Occasionally Steinem's prose is too purple, but for the most part the book serves well as an even-handed introduction to the Monroe phenomenon."[1]

There was a hardcover reprint in 1997 but the book is now out of print.

References

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  1. ^ Smothers, John. "Marilyn (Hardcover): Editorial Reviews From Library Journal". Amazon.com. Retrieved 22 May 2012.