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STUART, ANDREA: : SHOWGIRLS

LONDON.JONATHAN CAPE,1992.

ISBN 0224036157.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,b/w photographic illustrated dw/dj with gilt and red lettering; with negligible Shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Minimal,superficial scoring/indents,to top panel of dw/dj,very lightly affecting the boards beneath - not excessively though.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread? Pubkisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, original plain black cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers. UK,8vo HB +dw/dj,1st edn,xii-xivpp+2-242pp [paginated] includes part-paginated illustrations list/table,acknowledgements, overture,7 chapters,32pp comprising of (34) contemporary,b/w illus+photographs in 4 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp50/1,pp82/3,pp114/5 and pp178/9 respectively,notes,a select bibliography and an index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,quotation,and contents list/ table. The showgirl is one of the most resilient erotic icons of modern times.She exploded into action in the entertainment palaces of fin de siecle Europe and America.Her feathers,sequins and nearly-nude flesh are evocative symbols of pleasure,leisure and the man-made joys of city life,and the showgirl has continued to generate a special frisson as a prime embodiment of the power and danger of female sexuality. In this,the first full exploration of the showgirl,Andrea Stuart places centre-stage individual showgirls Mistinguett,Josephine Baker,Colette,Mae West,Marlene Dietrich,and Barbette.She brings them and a full international supporting cast of showgirls to seductive life,examining their careers and performances as well as highlighting the shifting social anxieties of the times in which they lived and from which they drew their inspiration. Andrea Stuart introduces the exquisite. 'Barbette' who performed his trapeze act in women's clothes; she proposes that all showgirls are,like Barbette,female impersonators,literally performing their femininity.She presents Josephine Baker whose provocative dance broke racial and sexual taboos,and follows Marlene Dietrich,the emblematic showgirl of Weimar Germany in her persona of Lola Lola in 'The Blue Angel',into the movies.With Mae West the showgirl travels to New York,where the sexual transgression of the city streets upends cosy, middle-class morality. Colette,portrayed during her years as a showgirl,vividly describes in her writing the exhiarating freedoms and gritty backstage realities of theatrical life. Andrea Stuart brings the showgirl up to the present,to Madonna and the ersatz showgirls of Las Vegas,and finally back to Paris where the showgirl was once at her spectacular best. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included or FREE. That offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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