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Horrible Prettiness
Burlesque and American Culture
Taschenbuch von Robert Allen
Sprache: Englisch

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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" world of middle-class social relations and transgressed norms of "proper" feminine behavior and appearance. Initially playing to respectable middle-class audiences, burlesque was quickly relegated to the shadow-world of working-class male leisure. In this process the burlesque performer "lost" her voice, as burlesque increasingly revolved around the display of her body.
Locating burlesque within the context of both the social transformation of American theater and its patterns of gender representation, Allen concludes that burlesque represents a fascinating example of the potential transgressiveness of popular entertainment forms, as well as the strategies by which they have been contained and their threats defused.
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" world of middle-class social relations and transgressed norms of "proper" feminine behavior and appearance. Initially playing to respectable middle-class audiences, burlesque was quickly relegated to the shadow-world of working-class male leisure. In this process the burlesque performer "lost" her voice, as burlesque increasingly revolved around the display of her body.
Locating burlesque within the context of both the social transformation of American theater and its patterns of gender representation, Allen concludes that burlesque represents a fascinating example of the potential transgressiveness of popular entertainment forms, as well as the strategies by which they have been contained and their threats defused.
Über den Autor
Robert Allen is senior pastor of Salem Avenue Baptist Church in Rolla, Missouri. He holds an MTS with an emphasis in preaching and pastoral ministry from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Allen and his wife, Mandy, have two daughters, Lucy and Daisy.
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Erscheinungsjahr: 1991
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Rubrik: Sozialwissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780807843161
ISBN-10: 0807843164
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Allen, Robert
Hersteller: The University of North Carolina Press
Maße: 234 x 156 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Robert Allen
Erscheinungsdatum: 27.05.1991
Gewicht: 0,629 kg
Artikel-ID: 107322315
Über den Autor
Robert Allen is senior pastor of Salem Avenue Baptist Church in Rolla, Missouri. He holds an MTS with an emphasis in preaching and pastoral ministry from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Allen and his wife, Mandy, have two daughters, Lucy and Daisy.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 1991
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Rubrik: Sozialwissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780807843161
ISBN-10: 0807843164
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Allen, Robert
Hersteller: The University of North Carolina Press
Maße: 234 x 156 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Robert Allen
Erscheinungsdatum: 27.05.1991
Gewicht: 0,629 kg
Artikel-ID: 107322315
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