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Stripping Gypsy : the life of Gypsy Rose Lee / Noralee Frankel.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Frankel, Noralee, 1950- author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lee, Gypsy Rose, 1914-1970.
- Lee, Gypsy Rose.
- Stripteasers--United States--Biography.
- Stripteasers.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (329 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford University Press 2009
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "In this new biography of Gypsy Rose Lee, Noralee Frankel draws on archival sources to strip bare the myths created by Gypsy herself and to tell the real story. Although Lee published an autobiography that has sold steadily, this will be the first biography of her. Frankel combines politics with twentieth century popular culture"--Provided by publisher.
- Whenever stripper Gypsy Rose Lee encountered public criticism, she spoke frankly in her own defense. This biography examines the struggles Lee faced in making a lucrative and unconventional career for herself while maintaining a sense of dignity and social value.
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface: Stripping Gypsy; 1. Getting Started; 2. The Burlesque Stage; 3. Sophisticated Stripper; 4. Follies with Girlfriends; 5. The Rise and Fall of Louise Hovick; 6. Failure as a Dutiful Wife; 7. Death, Dies, and Mother; 8. Finding the Body; 9. Cultured Stripper; 10. World's Fair Stripper; 11. The Naked Genius; 12. Stripping for Labor and the War Effort; 13. Motherhood; 14. On the Carnival Circuit; 15. Nothing to Conceal; 16. Strip Around the World; 17. Back Home; 18. Immortality in Book and Song; 19. The Most Famous Former Stripper in the World; 20. Aging Gracefully in Public
- AcknowledgmentsNotes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Formerly CIP.
- Previously issued in print: 2009.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [285]-293) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-771652-0
- 0-19-983101-7
- 1-282-05382-5
- 9786612053825
- 0-19-970978-5
- OCLC:
- 367624509
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