Burlesque West Showgirls, Sex, and Sin in Postwar Vancouver |
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| Author:
| Ross, Becki |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8020-9646-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2009 |
| Publisher: | University of Toronto Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $69.99 |
Book Description:
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Drawing on extensive archival materials and fifty first-person accounts of former dancers, strip-club owners, booking agents, choreographers, and musicians, Ross reveals stories that are deeply flavoured with an era before "striptease fell from grace because the world stopped dreaming."
Drawing on extensive archival materials and fifty first-person accounts of former dancers, strip-club owners, booking agents, choreographers, and musicians, Ross reveals stories that are deeply flavoured with an era before "striptease fell from grace because the world stopped dreaming."