Striptease The Untold History of the Girlie Show

Name: Striptease The Untold History of the Girlie Show
Price: 19.86 USD
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ISBN: 9780195300765

ISBN-10: 0195300769

ISBN-13: 9780195300765

Edition: 2006

Authors: Rachel Shteir

List price: $37.99

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Striptease recreates the combustible mixture of license, independence, and sexual curiosity that allowed strippers to thrive for nearly a century. Rachel Shteir brings to life striptease's Golden Age, the years between the Jazz Age and the Sexual Revolution, when strippers performed around the country, in burlesque theatres, nightclubs, vaudeville houses, carnivals, fairs, and even in glorious palaces on the Great White Way. Taking us behind the scenes, Shteir introduces us to a diverse cast of characters that collided on the burlesque stage, from tight-laced political reformers and flamboyant impresarios, to drag queens, shimmy girls, cootch dancers, tit serenaders, and even girls next…

Book details

List price: $37.99
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/1/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 9.21" wide x 6.18" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.650
Language: English