{"product_id":"horrible-prettiness-burlesque-and-american-culture-paperback","title":"Horrible Prettiness: Burlesque and American Culture - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Allen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBurlesque 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.\u003cbr\u003eLocating 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 370\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.95 x 9.3 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 27, 1991\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52617727672627,"sku":"9780807843161","price":83.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/aFdFa2wvQTZmb09wQWJZSUtEM08zdz09.webp?v=1761893745","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/horrible-prettiness-burlesque-and-american-culture-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}