Bibliograph

Horrible prettiness, burlesque and American culture, Robert C. Allen

Type

Label

Horrible prettiness, burlesque and American culture, Robert C. Allen

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-343) and index

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government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Horrible prettiness

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

22490027

Responsibility statement

Robert C. Allen

Series statement

Cultural studies of the United States

Sub title

burlesque and American culture

Summary

Annotation, The author examines burlesque not only as popular entertainment but also as a complex cultural phenomenon. He locates burlesque within the context of both the social transformation of American theater since the 1840s and its patterns of gender representation, concluding that burlesque is an example of the potential transgressiveness of popular entertainment forms as well as the strategies by which they have been contained and defused. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Table Of Contents

A chronicle of Lydia Thompson's first season in America -- The intelligibility of burlesque -- The historical contexts of burlesque I: the transformation of American theater -- The historical contexts of burlesque II: women on the stage -- "Ixion" revisited -- The institutionalization of burlesque -- Burlesque at century's end -- Burlesque in the twentieth century

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