num_pages: 317
description: In a world of trendsetting film icons, few are more familiar than Mae West. Yet for all her public controversy, West is also a mystery. Marybeth Hamilton combines elements of biography, cultural analysis, and social history to unmask West and reveal her commercial savvy, willpower, and truly shocking theatrical transgressions.
language: English
title: When I'm Bad, I'm Better: Mae West, Sex, and American Entertainment
titlecomplete: When I'm Bad, I'm Better: Mae West, Sex, and American Entertainment
ratings_count: 33
publisher: University of California Press