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Author Allen, Robert Clyde, 1950-

Title Horrible prettiness : burlesque and American culture / Robert C. Allen.

Publication Info. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [1991]
©1991

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 350 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Cultural studies of the United States
Cultural studies of the United States.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-343) and index.
Contents A chronicle of Lydia Thompson's first season in America -- The intelligibility of burlesque -- The historical contexts of burlesque I: the transformation of American theater -- The historical contexts of burlesque II: women on the stage -- "Ixion" revisited -- The institutionalization of burlesque -- Burlesque at century's end -- Burlesque in the twentieth century.
Access Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
Processing Action digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL
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Subject Burlesque (Theater) -- United States -- History.
Burlesque (Theater)
United States.
History.
Popular culture -- United States -- History.
Popular culture.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Allen, Robert Clyde, 1950- Horrible prettiness. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©1991 0807819603 (DLC) 90048608 (OCoLC)22490027
ISBN 0585030995 (electronic book)
9780585030999 (electronic book)
0807860085 (University of North Carolina Press ; electronic book)
9780807860083 (University of North Carolina Press ; electronic book)
0807819603 (alkaline paper)
0807843164 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
9780807819609 (alkaline paper)
9780807843161 (paperback ; alkaline paper)