Obsessions of a Showwoman : The Performance Worlds of Marisa Carnesky / edited by Eirini Kartsaki.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kartsaki, Eirini, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in the performing arts.

Showgirls.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bristol, England : Intellect, [2024]

Summary:

The book foregrounds the important lineage of incredible women working across performance, live art and cabaret and asks how the term 'Showwoman' can transgress the figure of the showman as a provider of the spectacular. It encourages the showgirl to finally graduate into adulthood. 60 illus.

Contents:

Cover

Obsessions of a Showwoman

Copyright

Contents

Foreword

Introduction: Marisa Carnesky – Sorceress, Radical School Mistress, Showwoman

Finding Marisa Carnesky

A Showwoman of a Certain Rage: Marisa Carnesky’s Bleeding Spectacular

Ballad of the Bloody Pearl

Spectacle, Patriarchy, and Ghost Trains

The Cosmos of Showwomen

Marisa Carnesky, Showwoman

Earth as Genderqueer Showwoman

Conquering the World with Hoops

The Making of a Future Showwoman

Conjuring the Weird

Weird Women

Their Phantasmagorical Appearances

Penny Slot Somnambulist

Shape Changing: The Metamorphosis of a Showwoman

Magic Blood, Mysterious Blades, and Women Who Show

Incredible Bleeding Women

Showwomen Who Risk It All

Incredible Bleeding Women II

Her Spectacular Entrances

Radical Bodies of Work

From the Finishing School of Marisa Carnesky: Lessons in Doing It Together

Finding Power in Pathos

The Coven Generated by AI.

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ISBN:

9781835950128

1835950124

9781835950111

1835950116