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About this title: Robert Allen's compelling book examines burlesque not only as popular entertainment but also as a complex and transforming cultural phenomenon. When Lydia Thompson and her controversial female troupe of "British Blondes" brought modern burlesque to the United States in 1868, the result was electric. Their impertinent humor, streetwise manner, and provocative parodies of masculinity brought them enormous popular success--and the condemnation of critics, cultural commentators, and even women's rights campaigners. Burlesque was a cultural threat, Allen argues, because it inverted the "normal" ...
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Horrible Prettiness: Burlesque and American Culture
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Allen, Robert C.
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Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, NC
Date Published: 1991
Description: Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. An exploration of the meaning of burlesque in American. Edge wear. A dozen or so pages that have inked underlines or penciled notes. Creased spine, with one binding separation, but pages remain firm. read more
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Horrible Prettiness: Burlesque and American Culture
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Allen, Robert C, and Trachtenberg, Alan (Foreword by)
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13: 9780807843161
ISBN: 0807843164
Description: Fair. No dust jacket as issued. Considerable underlinging and marginalia, previous owner's name to half title; wraps have edge wear, are chipped at the spine and there is a reading crease. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 350 p. Cultural Studies of the United States (Paperback). Audience: General/trade. read more
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Horrible Prettiness: Burlesque and American Culture
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Allen, Robert Clyde
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Binding: Soft Cover
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13: 9780807843161
ISBN: 0807843164
Description: Very Good. Minor wear. Clean and tight. No markings. No underlining or highlighting. read more
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Horrible Prettiness: Burlesque and American Culture
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Allen, Robert Clyde
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hard Cover
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13: 9780807819609
ISBN: 0807819603
Description: Fine/Fine. 0807819603. read more
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Horrible Prettiness: Burlesque and American Culture (Cultural Studies of the United States)
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Robert C. Allen
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: The University of North Carolina
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13: 9780807843161
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Description: Acceptable. Text block stained. Has highlighting. read more
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Horrible Prettiness: Burlesque and American Culture
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Allen, Robert Clyde
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Edition: First
Binding: Soft Cover
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13: 9780807843161
ISBN: 0807843164
Description: Good. 0807843164 A clean, sound, tight copy, with some bracket marks in the text and a few margin notes, but no underlining or highlighting. A good copy for the thrifty student. Fast shipping, careful packing. read more
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Horrible Prettiness: Burlesque and American Culture (Cultural Studies of the United States)
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Robert C. Allen
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of North Carolina Pre
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13: 9780807819609
ISBN: 0807819603
Description: Good. Used item may show library stamps, stickers and marks. Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! read more
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Horrible Prettiness: Burlesque and American Culture (Cultural Studies of the United States)
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Robert C. Allen
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Date Published: 1991-05
ISBN-13: 9780807819609
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Description: New. Hardcover in jacket. Stll in publisher's shrink wrap. A flawless copy. read more
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Horrible Prettiness: Burlesque and American Culture
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Allen, Robert
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Binding: Hardcover
Date Published: 1991
Description: Allen, Robert. HORRIBLE PRETTINESS: BURLESQUE AND AMERICAN CULTURE. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, c1991. first printing. 350pp. index, illus. b/w, color. lg. 8vo. fine in d/w. read more
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Allen, Robert C. Horrible Prettiness: Burlesque and American Culture
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Robert C. Allen
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: UNC PRESS
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13: 9780807819609
ISBN: 0807819603
Description: Very Good. UNC PRESS; 1991; 1.41 x 9.51 x 6.41 Inches; Hardcover; Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Light shelf wear to jacket.; Allen examines a seemingly marginal, little understood art form and asks why and how it came to be so; in the process he uncovers critical cultural problems in the years from 1860-1920.; 382 Pages. read more
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ISBN-13: 9780807819609
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Description: New. Mint hardcover as issued in shrink wrap, no marks! read more
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