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Title: Horrible Prettiness: Burlesque and American Culture (Cultural Studies of the United States) by Robert C. Allen ISBN: 0-8078-4316-4 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 1991 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95

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Summary: Enchanting and Thought Provoking
Comment: This enchanting work brings the burlesque back to life! When Lydia Thompson hit New York theaters in 1868, she and her troupe were an immediate success. But she also initiated a vituperative debate over the appropriate limits for the female performer. Robert Allen vividly describes how Americans increasingly put aside their religious reservations and took to the theater by the mid-19th century. He first examines the physical and social arrangement of space within the theater auditorium. He then takes his reader on a journey through the male-impersonating, revealingly attired, slang-spouting, minstrel-dancing burlesque women to their descendants - the cooch dancers and modern day striptease. A unique book for entertainment buffs and feminist thinkers alike. To read actual burlesque plays see "The Best Burlesque Sketches".

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