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Undressed for Success: Beauty Contestants and Exotic Dancers as Merchants of Morality (Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History) - Tapa dura

Libro 36 de 52: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History

Foley, Brenda

 
9781403969934: Undressed for Success: Beauty Contestants and Exotic Dancers as Merchants of Morality (Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History)

Sinopsis

Using the tools of performance studies, gender theory, and cultural history, Brenda Foley explores the striking similarities between beauty pageantry and striptease. Undressed for Success features extensive primary source research--newspapers, journals, trade publications, photography collections, press releases, memoirs, and interviews with both strippers and pageant contestants.

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BRENDA FOLEY has taught at a number of universities, including Brown University, the University of New Hampshire, and St. Thomas University in Canada, where she is at present an Assistant Professor of English. She has published articles in journals such as Nordic Theatre Studies, Theatre InSight, and the journal of the National Women's Studies Association (NWSA). In addition to her academic work, Brenda is a veteran Equity actress of twenty years with theatre credits including the La Jolla Playhouse, Roundabout, Studio Arena, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Indiana Rep, and Vienna's English Theatre, in Austria, as well as numerous Public Radio appearances.

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