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Mae West : an icon in black and white / Jill Watts.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Watts, Jill, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- West, Mae, d. 1980.
- West, Mae.
- Motion picture actors and actresses--United States--Biography.
- Motion picture actors and actresses.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (401 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This work unravels the enigmatic life of Mae West, tracing her early years spent in Brooklyn, and following her journey through burlesque, vaudeville, and finally, to Hollywood.
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; One: They Were Too Smart; Two: The Way She Does It; Three: Shimadonna; Four: Speaking of the Influence of the Jook; Five: You Can Be Had; Six: The Subject of the Dream; Seven: Good Night to the Dichotomies; Eight: If You Can't Go Straight,You've Got to Go Around; Nine: Naturally I Disagree; Ten: Bring Me Rabelais; Eleven: A Glittering Facsimile; Twelve: I Had Them All; Thirteen: I Wrote the Story Myself; Fourteen: Really a Prologue; Sources: Archival Sources and Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliographical Essay; Index
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2001.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-028971-6
- 0-19-772506-6
- 9786610838066
- 1-280-83806-X
- 0-19-802651-X
- 0-19-534767-6
- OCLC:
- 316719694
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