Striptease : The Untold History of the Girlie Show.
Rachel. Shteir
Bok Engelsk 2005 · Electronic books.
| Omfang | 1 online resource (449 pages)
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| Opplysninger | Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part One: Undressing -- "A Startled Fawn upon the Stage" -- Legs -- Yvette Goes to Bed": The First Undressing Acts -- From Ziegfeld to Minsky: Respectable Undressing and the Rise of Modern Burlesque -- Part Two: The Invention of Modern Striptease -- After the Doughboys Returned: Nudity in Burlesque and on Broadway -- The First Strippers and Teasers -- Pansies, Reformers, and a "Frenzy of Congregate Cootchers": The Birth of Modern Striptease -- A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody, Sort Of -- The Burlesque Soul of Striptease -- Part Three: The Golden Age of Striptease -- "Minskyville" -- "I Never Made Any Money until I Took My Pants Off ": Fans and Bubbles around the Nation -- "Temporary Entertainment for Morons and Perverts": LaGuardia Kicks Striptease out of New York -- Gypsy -- Part Four: Striptease Goes to War -- From Literary Strippers to Queens of Burlesque -- "Clamouring for a Table and Pounding for an Encore": Striptease at the World's Fair -- Striptease during Wartime -- The Private Lives of Strippers -- Part Five: After the War -- Stripty-Second Streets -- The Seamy Sides of Striptease -- Striptease Confidential -- You Gotta Get a Gimmick -- Part Six: Sexual Revolutions -- Topless Dancing -- 1969: Who Killed Striptease? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Credits -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.. - In Striptease Rachel Shteir brings to life striptease's Golden Age, the years between the Jaz Age and the Sexual Revolution, when strippers performed around the country, in burlesque theaters, nightclubs, vaudeville houses, carnivals, fairs, and even in glorious palaces on the Great White Way. Blending careful research and vivid narration, Shteir captures striptease's combination of sham and seduction while illuminating its surprisingly persistent hold on the American imagination.
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| ISBN | 9780198029359
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