the untold history of the girlie show
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Shteir, Rachel
- Publish Year
- 2004
- Shelfmark
- B6521 - B
- Thesaurus
- theater, vrouwenlichamen, uitgaan, Verenigde Staten, 1940-1949, 1950-1959, 1960-1969, 20e eeuw, biografie
- Description
- 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. Shteir introduces the reader 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 door, lured into the profession by big-city aspirations.