Striptease
Subtitle: the untold history of the girlie show
By: Rachel Shteir.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 438
Subjects: Striptease -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Table of contents: title: "A startled fawn upon the stage"; title: Legs; title: "Yvette goes to bed": the first undressing acts; title: From Ziegfeld to Minsky: respectable undressing and the rise of modern burlesque; title: After the doughboys returned: nudity in burlesque and on broadway; title: The first strippers and teasers; title: Pansies, reformers, and a "frenzy of congregate cootchers": the birth of modern striptease; title: A pretty girl is like a melody, sort of; title: The burlesque soul of striptease; title: "Minskyville"; title: "I never made any money until I took my pants off": fans and bubbles around the nation; title: "Temporary entertainment for morons and perverts": LaGuardia kicks striptease out of New York; title: Gypsy; title: From literary strippers to queens of burlesque; title: "Clamouring for a table and pounding for an encore": striptease at the world's fair; title: Striptease during wartime; title: The private lives of strippers; title: Stripty-second streets; title: The seamy sides of striptease; title: Striptease confidential; title: You've gotta get a gimmick; title: Topless dancing; title: 1969: who killed striptease?