If the burlesque stripper, with her bawdy spirit and unruly insubordination, has emerged for many as a new 'empowering' model for the sexually aware woman, then she also strikes horror in the heard of second wave feminism. Embodied by high profile artists such as Dita von Teese and Catherine d'Lish, the explosive revival of striptease, burlesque and overt female sexual performance has proved no less alluring to a new generation women artists familiar with the provocative work of 70's performance artists such as Hannah Wikle and Carolee Schneeman. Eloquent on 'prettiness' and power, desire and 'knowingness', money, sex and class, and with an extensive knowledge of burlesque's rich tradition, Wilson raises long overdue questions about women's erotic expression within a 'postfeminist' condition. The 'new burlesque' demands about all a response--this fresh, brazen, provocative book at last provides it.
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''From London to New York, the new burlesque bars and clubs are attracting audience that would baulk at frequenting a pub with a strip show on Saturday nights...It’s this new phenomenon that Wilson sets out to examine…Not only do more and more men and women enjoy watching burlesque…For Wilson, such unexamined pleasure is problematic…she looks to the history of burlesque for an answer to this conundrum.'' -- Dea Birkett, Oldie
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Jacki Willson is Visiting Lecturer at Nottingham University and Lecturer at South Nottingham College. She is also a practicing artist.
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The topic is hot, the title tempting, and the text somewhat dense. Author takes an in-depth academic look at the art of burlesque with lots of facts and little tittilation. Interesting read for the socialogically- or psychologically-interested.
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Von Teese, Gypsy Rose Lee, Lydia Thompson, New York, Mae West, Camille Paglia, Ursula Martinez, Miss Immodesty Blaize, Hannah Wilke, Great Depression, Show Off, Bettie Page, Lynda Nead, Ann Corio, Christine Stansell, Cora Pearl, Lola the Vamp, Kathleen Rowe, Cherie Blair, Jenny Saville, Andrea Dworkin, Simone de Beauvoir, Civil War, Moulin Rouge, Seneca Falls Browse Sample Pages:
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