The League of Exotic Dancers: Legends from American Burlesque

400 Pages·2017·26.64 MB·English

by  Kaitlyn Regehr

THE LEAGUE OF
EXOTIC DANCERS

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Regehr, Kaitlyn, author. | Temperley, Matilda, photographer.
Title: The League of Exotic Dancers : legends from American burlesque / Kaitlyn Regehr and Matilda
Temperley.
Description: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017. | Includes bibliographical references and
index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016034963| ISBN 9780190457563 (hardback) | ISBN 9780190457587 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: Stripteasers—United States—Interviews. | Burlesque (Theater)—United States. | League
of Exotic Dancers (United States) | BISAC: PERFORMING ARTS / General. | PERFORMING ARTS
Dance Popular. | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women’s Studies.
Classification: LCC PN1949.S7 R44 2017 | DDC 792.7092/273—dc23 LC record available at
https://lccn.loc.gov/2016034963
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For our mothers
Contents
GLITTER AND GRIT: AN INTRODUCTION
PART 1: RETELLING TWENTIETH-CENTURY EXOTIC DANCE
Aging, Staging, Sparkle, and Struggle: Frames of Context
Burlesque—Dead, Alive, and Imagined
PART 2: LEGENDS OF THE AMERICAN BURLESQUE SHOW
Bambi Jones
Ellion Ness
April March
Tempest Storm
Toni Elling
Ivy Tam
Big Fannie Annie
Holiday O’Hara
Kitten Natividad
Gabriella Maze
Judith Stein
Isis Star
Tai Ping
Suzette Fontaine
Marinka
Dusty Summers
Penny Starr Sr. and Penny Starr Jr.
Camille 2000
Liza Jourdan
Rita Alexander
Bic Carrol
CONCLUSION: GLAMOUR OUT OF ADVERSITY
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX

THE LEAGUE OF
Exotic Dancers