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Horrible Prettiness: Burlesque and American Culture (Cultural Studies of the United States)
Robert C. Allen
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Paperback. Horrible Prettiness: Burlesque and American Culture Series: Cultural Studies of the United States. Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations (some colour). BIC Classification: JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 658.
Robert Allen's compelling book examines burlesque not only as popular entertainment but also as a complex and transforming cultural phenomenon. When Lydia Thompson and her controversial female troupe of ""British Blondes"" brought modern burlesque to the United States in 1868, the result was electric. Their impertinent humor, streetwise manner, and provocative parodies of masculinity brought them enormous popular success--and the condemnation of critics, cultural commentators, and even women's rights campaigners. Burlesque was a cultural threat, Allen argues, because it inverted the ""normal"" world of middle-class social relations and transgressed norms of ""proper"" feminine behavior and appearance. Initially playing to respectable ... Read more
Robert Allen's compelling book examines burlesque not only as popular entertainment but also as a complex and transforming cultural phenomenon. When Lydia Thompson and her controversial female troupe of ""British Blondes"" brought modern burlesque to the United States in 1868, the result was electric. Their impertinent humor, streetwise manner, and provocative parodies of masculinity brought them enormous popular success--and the condemnation of critics, cultural commentators, and even women's rights campaigners. Burlesque was a cultural threat, Allen argues, because it inverted the ""normal"" world of middle-class social relations and transgressed norms of ""proper"" feminine behavior and appearance. Initially playing to respectable ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Condition
New
Series
Cultural Studies of the United States
Number of Pages
382
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807843161
SKU
V9780807843161
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About Robert C. Allen
Robert C. Allen is James Logan Godfrey Professor of American Studies, History, and Communication Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is author of Speaking of Soap Operas, coauthor with Douglas Gomery of Film History: Theory and Practice, and editor of Channels of Discourse, Reassembled and To Be Continued: Soap Operas Around the World.
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