Circling Marilyn : text, body, performance

INTRODUCTION - CIRCLING MARILYN . . 7

CHAPTER I - TEXT
Everybody's Marilyn . . 13
DiMaggio and Marilyn . . 26
Miller and Marilyn . . 40

CHAPTER II - BODY
Marilyn's Bodies . . 53
The Disciplined Body . . 57
The Mirroring Body . . 63
The Communicative Body . . 66
The Fin de Siecle Body . . 70

CHAPTER III - MARILYN PERFORMING
Oates's Actress . . 75
Ethnic Marilyn . . 85
Natural Marilyn . . 96

CHAPTER IV - PERFORMING MARILYN
Be Marilyn! . . 111
Madonna's Marilyn . . 123
Gay Marilyn . . 129

POSTSCRIPT . . 141
NOTES . . 147
WORKS CITED . . 167