Barbra Streisand has been called the ldquo;most successful...talented performer of her generationrdquo; by Vanity Fair; and her voice; said pianist Glenn Gould; is ldquo;one of the natural wonders of the age.rdquo; Streisand scaled the heights of entertainmentmdash;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. Dismissed; insulted; even reviled when she embarked on a show business career for acting too Jewish and looking too Jewish; she brilliantly converted her Jewishness into a metaphor for outsiderness that would eventually make her the avenger for anyone who felt marginalized and powerless. Neal Gabler examines Streisandrsquo;s life and career through this prism of othernessmdash;a Jew in a gentile world; a self-proclaimed homely girl in a world of glamour; a kooky girl in a world of conventionmdash;and shows how central it was to Streisandrsquo;s triumph as one of the voices of her age.
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