Whoopi Goldberg on Stage and Screen

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by Lisa Pertillar Brevard

Type: Studies
Subject: Actor > Whoopi Goldberg
Keywords: Whoopi Goldberg, actress
Publishing date: 2013
Publisher: McFarland & Co
Language: English

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Paperback • 264 pages
6 x 9 inches (15 x 23 cm)

ISBN

978-0-7864-6887-4

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Book Presentation:
The name Whoopi Goldberg conjures images of laughter, sex, surprise, versatility, African heritage and Jewish identity, to name a few. How did she become such a major player in Hollywood and the larger world? This book provides an overview of some of Goldberg’s most important efforts on Broadway and in motion pictures and television and the world of social activism.

Major features include comparative analyses of Goldberg’s work in relation to that of such notable performers as Bert Williams, Jackie “Moms” Mabley, Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Billy Crystal, Robin Williams and Dave Chappelle, as well as in-depth analyses of her work as the fictional Celie in the major motion picture The Color Purple; her Oscar-winning role as the fictional Oda Mae Brown in Ghost and her cultural impact as an American woman working.

About the Author:
Lisa Pertillar Brevard, Ph.D., a member of ASCAP, is part of the core faculty for humanities at Walden University. She lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Press Reviews:
“Brevard examines Goldberg’s career from an American and women’s studies focus on identity and working American women"—Reference & Research Book News.

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