TY - BOOK AU - Banner, Lois W. TI - Marilyn: the passion and the paradox SN - 9781408814109 AV - PN2287.M69 B335 2012x U1 - 791.43028 23 PY - 2012/// CY - London PB - Bloomsbury KW - Monroe, Marilyn, KW - Motion picture actors and actresses KW - United States KW - Biography KW - fast N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - As one of the founders of the field of women's history, Lois Banner reveals Marilyn Monroe in the way that only a top-notch historian and biographer could. Banner appreciates the complexities of Monroe's personal life in the context of her achievements as an actor, singer, dancer, comedian, model and courtesan ER -