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.