Burlesque - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1432547224 ISBN 13 : 9781432547226

Editeur : Kessinger Publishing, 2007

Synopsis

Burlesque by Richard H. Stoddard is a comprehensive study of the history and evolution of burlesque, a form of entertainment that emerged in the 19th century and reached its peak in the early 20th century. The book explores the origins of burlesque in Europe and its gradual transformation into a uniquely American art form, with its own distinctive style and themes.Stoddard provides a detailed account of the various types of burlesque, from the classic striptease to the more elaborate variety shows that featured comedy, music, and dance. He examines the role of women in burlesque, both as performers and as objects of desire, and explores the social and cultural context in which burlesque flourished.The book also delves into the controversies surrounding burlesque, including the moral and legal challenges it faced, and the ways in which it reflected and challenged prevailing attitudes towards gender, sexuality, and race.Throughout the book, Stoddard draws on a wide range of sources, including historical records, contemporary accounts, and interviews with performers and audience members. He provides a vivid and engaging portrait of this fascinating and often misunderstood art form, and offers insights into its enduring appeal and significance.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

If the principle which should guide the editor of the Treasure-T rove Series has been followed, as I think it has, the result will be a series of readable little volumes, which one may take up at odd intervals with the certainty of finding some things, I would fain hope many things, in which he cannot fail to be interested. He should look, in the first place, for amusement; in the second place, for variety :if he finds these qualities here, he has something to be thankful for. He has to be thankful, at any rate, for the labor which the compiler has expended for him, labor which is not to be measured by what is accepted so much as by what is rejected, the reading of many books to no end. If the best books are those which are not written, as a cynical critic would have us believe, the worst books are certainly in the same category, a happy thought, as a great living philosopher would have us believe, which is not without its compensations. Not to dwell, however, upon these literary possibilities, which we can well spare, so numberless are the books on all sorts of subjects which every day brings forth, let us turn for a moment to the papers which follow. We have first, from the pen of England sgreatest humorist, a serio-comic protest against an individual with whom we in America are tolerably familiar. I refer to that rampant and irrepressible myth the noble savage.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kessinger Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1432547224
• ISBN 13: 9781432547226
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 228
• Éditeur: Stoddard Richard H, Walsh William S
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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