Horrible Prettiness: Burlesque and American Culture (Cultural Studies of the United States)
Robert C. Allen
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Horrible Prettiness: Burlesque and Robert C. Allen epub Horrible Prettiness: Burlesque and Robert C. Allen pdf download Horrible Prettiness: Burlesque and Robert C. Allen pdf file Horrible Prettiness: Burlesque and Robert C. Allen audiobook Horrible Prettiness: Burlesque and Robert C. Allen book review Horrible Prettiness: Burlesque and Robert C. Allen summary | #967611 in Books | The University of North Carolina Press | 1991-05-27 | 1991-05-27 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.25 x.83 x6.00l,1.25 | File type: PDF | 382 pages | ||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| CULTURAL HISTORY MEETS VANITY FAIR MAGAZINE|By Customer|What's the difference between burlesque and vaudeville? Why did Flo Ziegfeld use nearly androgynous women in his shows and say 'the vampire is not a welcome household pet'? (pg. 272) How did curiosity museums evolve into 'freak' shows? And what about those posters in which "men had become human-headed duckpins sent fl||An intriguing exploration.|"Winterthur Portfolio"
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Robert Allen's compelling book examines burlesque not only as popular entertainment but also as a complex and transforming cultural phenomenon. When Lydia Thompson and her controversial female troupe of "British Blondes" brought modern burlesque to the United States in 1868, the result was electric. Their impertinent humor, streetwise manner, and provocative parodies of masculinity brought them enormous popular success--and the condemnation of criti...
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