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The League of Exotic Dancers: Legends from American Burlesque
Kaitlyn Regehr
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Description for The League of Exotic Dancers: Legends from American Burlesque
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Every year in downtown Las Vegas, often called "Old Vegas", The Burlesque Hall of Fame reunion brings together members of the former League of Exotic Dancers, one of the earliest unions for women in exotic entertainment, to perform their half-century-year- old routines. In this annual tradition, performers from the golden age of Las Vegas burlesque rally counter-culture neo-burlesque fans who both keep the tradition alive and add new meaning to it. Over the past five years, documentarian Kaitlyn Regehr and photographer Matilda Temperley have embedded themselves within this communitya group, which like Old Vegas itself, continues to survive ... Read more
Every year in downtown Las Vegas, often called "Old Vegas", The Burlesque Hall of Fame reunion brings together members of the former League of Exotic Dancers, one of the earliest unions for women in exotic entertainment, to perform their half-century-year- old routines. In this annual tradition, performers from the golden age of Las Vegas burlesque rally counter-culture neo-burlesque fans who both keep the tradition alive and add new meaning to it. Over the past five years, documentarian Kaitlyn Regehr and photographer Matilda Temperley have embedded themselves within this communitya group, which like Old Vegas itself, continues to survive ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780190457563
SKU
V9780190457563
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About Kaitlyn Regehr
Dr. Kaitlyn Regehr is a writer, documentarian and scholar of cultural studies. Her work has been published internationally across academic and popular print media. In addition to serving as a topic specialist for BBC World, she has created documentary content for iTunes and networks including Super Channel (CA), SWR (DE) and ARTE (FR). Regehrs work has explored intersections between gender, ... Read more
Reviews for The League of Exotic Dancers: Legends from American Burlesque
Wonderful
Jonathan Gray, Dancing Times
Five stars: a fascinating visual documentary.
Amateur Photographer
Complemented by Kaitlyn Regehr's detailed, analytical text, Temperley's images celebrate her subjects in dynamic performance shots, informal documentary images and posed portraits.
Royal Photographic Society Journal
Jonathan Gray, Dancing Times
Five stars: a fascinating visual documentary.
Amateur Photographer
Complemented by Kaitlyn Regehr's detailed, analytical text, Temperley's images celebrate her subjects in dynamic performance shots, informal documentary images and posed portraits.
Royal Photographic Society Journal