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050 00 $aPN1949.S7$bR65 2009
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100 1 $aRoss, Becki,$d1959-
245 10 $aBurlesque West :$bshowgirls, sex and sin in postwar Vancouver /$cBecki L. Ross.
260 $aToronto ;$aBuffalo :$bUniversity of Toronto Press,$cc2009.
300 $axix, 373 p., [8] p. of plates :$bill. (some col.) ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [297]-333) and index.
505 0 $aPreface : beginnings, backlash, and brazenness -- 1. Uncloaking the striptease past -- 2. 'I ain't Rebecca, and this ain't Sunnybrook Farm' : men behind the marquee -- 3. 'We were like snowflakes--no two were alike' : dancers and their gimmicks -- 4. 'Peelers sell beer, and the money was huge' : the shifting conditions of selling fantasy -- 5. 'Everyone wanted to date a dancer, nobody wanted to marry one' : occupational hazards in the industry -- 6. 'You started to feel like a dinosaur' : exiting and aging in the business.
650 0 $aBurlesque (Theater)$zBritish Columbia$zVancouver$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aStriptease$zBritish Columbia$zVancouver$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aStripteasers$zBritish Columbia$zVancouver$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aShowgirls$zBritish Columbia$zVancouver$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aNightlife$zBritish Columbia$zVancouver$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aSex-oriented businesses$zBritish Columbia$zVancouver$xHistory$y20th century.
651 0 $aVancouver (B.C.)$xHistory.