An edition of Burlesque West
(2009)
Burlesque West
showgirls, sex and sin in postwar Vancouver
by Becki Ross
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Burlesque (Theater), Stripteasers, Sex-oriented businesses, History, Showgirls, Striptease, Nightlife, Burlesque (theater), British columbia, history, Dancers, Vancouver (b.c.), history, Amusements, Burlesque (Théâtre), Histoire, Stripteaseuses, Danseuses de revue, Vie nocturnePlaces
British Columbia, Vancouver (B.C.), VancouverTimes
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Burlesque West: showgirls, sex and sin in postwar Vancouver
2009, University of Toronto Press
in English
0802096980 9780802096982
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Table of Contents
Preface : 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.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-333) and index.
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