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Horrible prettiness : burlesque and American culture / Robert C. Allen.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks PN 1948 .U6 A45 1991
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Allen, Robert Clyde, 1950-
- Series:
- Cultural studies of the United States
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Burlesque (Theater)--United States--History.
- Burlesque (Theater).
- Popular culture--United States--History.
- Popular culture.
- Popular culture--United States--History--19th century.
- Popular culture--United States--History--20th century.
- Burlesque (Théâtre)--États-Unis--Histoire.
- Culture populaire--États-Unis--Histoire--19e siècle.
- Culture populaire--États-Unis--Histoire--20e siècle.
- United States.
- Local Subjects:
- Burlesque (Théâtre)--États-Unis--Histoire.
- Culture populaire--États-Unis--Histoire--19e siècle.
- Culture populaire--États-Unis--Histoire--20e siècle.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 350 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©1991.
- 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.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-343) and index.
- Local Notes:
- The Forrest Performing Arts Collection.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Allen, Robert Clyde, 1950- Horrible prettiness.
- ISBN:
- 0807819603
- 9780807819609
- 0807843164
- 9780807843161
- 0080784364
- 9780080784366
- OCLC:
- 22490027
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