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Burlesque Books
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Burlesque and the Art of the Teese / Fetish and the Art of the Teese (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as burlesque)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,408 ratings — published 2006
The Burlesque Handbook (Perfect Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as burlesque)
avg rating 4.36 — 420 ratings — published 2010
Pretty Things: The Last Generation of American Burlesque Queens (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as burlesque)
avg rating 4.33 — 223 ratings — published 2006
American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare: The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as burlesque)
avg rating 3.43 — 5,826 ratings — published 2010
Horrible Prettiness: Burlesque and American Culture (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as burlesque)
avg rating 3.91 — 102 ratings — published 1982
Burlesque and the New Bump-n-Grind (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as burlesque)
avg rating 4.06 — 83 ratings — published 2004
Behind the Burly Q: The Story of Burlesque in America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as burlesque)
avg rating 3.67 — 330 ratings — published 2013
Burlesque: A Living History (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as burlesque)
avg rating 3.62 — 42 ratings — published 2009
The Queens of Burlesque: Vintage Photographs from the 1940s and 1950s (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as burlesque)
avg rating 3.88 — 60 ratings — published 1998
Gypsy: A Memoir (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as burlesque)
avg rating 4.08 — 1,260 ratings — published 1957
Burlesque Poster Design: The Art of Tease (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as burlesque)
avg rating 4.00 — 21 ratings — published 2008
Gilded Lili: Lili St. Cyr and the Striptease Mystique (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as burlesque)
avg rating 3.74 — 68 ratings — published 2007
The Happy Stripper: Pleasures and Politics of the New Burlesque (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as burlesque)
avg rating 3.87 — 38 ratings — published 2007
The Bare Truth: Stars of Burlesque from the '40s and '50s (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as burlesque)
avg rating 4.12 — 17 ratings — published 1998
Burlesque: Legendary Stars of the Stage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as burlesque)
avg rating 4.09 — 34 ratings — published 2004
Minsky's Burlesque : A Fast and Funny Look at America's Bawdiest Era (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as burlesque)
avg rating 3.78 — 18 ratings — published 1986
New Burlesque (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as burlesque)
avg rating 3.40 — 15 ratings — published 2004
Feuding Fan Dancers: Faith Bacon, Sally Rand, and the Golden Age of the Showgirl (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as burlesque)
avg rating 3.74 — 137 ratings — published 2018
The G-String Murders (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as burlesque)
avg rating 3.39 — 431 ratings — published 1941
Goddess of Love Incarnate: The Life of Stripteuse Lili St. Cyr. (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as burlesque)
avg rating 4.00 — 86 ratings — published 2015
Your Beauty Mark: The Ultimate Guide to Eccentric Glamour (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as burlesque)
avg rating 4.17 — 2,269 ratings — published 2015
Burlesque: The True Art of Seduction (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as burlesque)
avg rating 3.38 — 13 ratings — published 2011
Ultimate Burlesque (Ultimate Xcite)
by (shelved 7 times as burlesque)
avg rating 3.88 — 26 ratings — published 2008
Striptease: The Untold History of the Girlie Show (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as burlesque)
avg rating 3.69 — 87 ratings — published 2004
Burlesque: Exotic Dancers of the 50s & 60s (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as burlesque)
avg rating 3.86 — 7 ratings — published 2010
The Costumes of Burlesque: 1866-2018 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as burlesque)
avg rating 4.33 — 15 ratings — published
Candy Barr: The Small-Town Texas Runaway Who Became a Darling of the Mob and the Queen of Las Vegas Burlesque (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as burlesque)
avg rating 3.11 — 54 ratings — published 2001
Burlesque West: Showgirls, Sex, and Sin in Postwar Vancouver (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as burlesque)
avg rating 3.90 — 40 ratings — published 2009
Girl Show: Into the Canvas World of Bump and Grind (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as burlesque)
avg rating 4.00 — 17 ratings — published 1998
United States of Americana: Backyard Chickens, Burlesque Beauties, and Handmade Bitters: A Field Guide to the New American Roots Movement – How Young ... Inspiration in Earlier Cultural Traditions (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as burlesque)
avg rating 3.30 — 155 ratings — published 2010
Behind The Burlesque (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as burlesque)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2012
Banned in Boston: The Watch and Ward Society's Crusade against Books, Burlesque, and the Social Evil (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as burlesque)
avg rating 3.65 — 74 ratings — published 2010
Striptease: From Gaslight to Spotlight (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as burlesque)
avg rating 3.88 — 41 ratings — published 2003
The Velvet Hammer Burlesque: Glorifying the American Gal Since 1995 (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as burlesque)
avg rating 4.62 — 13 ratings — published 2008
My Journey Burlesque (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as burlesque)
avg rating 2.00 — 1 rating — published 2005
The League of Exotic Dancers: Legends from American Burlesque (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as burlesque)
avg rating 3.87 — 15 ratings — published
Stripping Gypsy: The Life of Gypsy Rose Lee (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as burlesque)
avg rating 3.58 — 213 ratings — published 2009
This Was Burlesque (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as burlesque)
avg rating 4.20 — 5 ratings — published 2013
Gypsy: The Art of the Tease (Icons of America)
by (shelved 4 times as burlesque)
avg rating 2.58 — 26 ratings — published 2009
Tempest Storm: The Lady Is a Vamp (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as burlesque)
avg rating 3.38 — 26 ratings — published 1987
Stripteese (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as burlesque)
avg rating 4.34 — 122 ratings — published 2009
Blue Vaudeville: Sex, Morals and the Mass Marketing of Amusement, 1895-1915 (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as burlesque)
avg rating 3.68 — 19 ratings — published 2004
Naked: On Sex, Work, and Other Burlesques (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as burlesque)
avg rating 4.35 — 388 ratings — published 2023
Stripped Down: How Burlesque Led Me Home (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as burlesque)
avg rating 4.40 — 15 ratings — published
Babylon Girls: Black Women Performers and the Shaping of the Modern (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as burlesque)
avg rating 4.02 — 56 ratings — published 2008
A Bit of Burlesque: A Brief History of Its Times & Stars (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as burlesque)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1997
The Pastie Project (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as burlesque)
avg rating 4.57 — 7 ratings — published
Georgia: My Life in Burlesque (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as burlesque)
avg rating 4.18 — 11 ratings — published 1972
This Was Burlesque (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as burlesque)
avg rating 3.36 — 25 ratings — published 2014
Lydia Thompson: Queen of Burlesque (Forgotten Stars of the Musical Theatre)
by (shelved 3 times as burlesque)
avg rating 4.00 — 2 ratings — published 2002
“Of all the theaters I miss from the 1950’s and before, the Hudson Theatre tops the list. It was built in what was then called Union Hill, early in December 1907. It was actually known as “The Hudson Burlesque,” and it featured striptease artists such as Lili St. Cyr, Gypsy Rose Lee and Tempest Storm. Being too young to get into the theatre on my own, I usually offered an adult standing in line some money to take me in. Once inside, I would head for the front of the theatre to the fire exit on the right side of the orchestra seating. It was all prearranged with my friends waiting outside! With one kick, the door would open, allowing them to come streaming in. There were not enough ushers to catch us all, so some of us would invariably be caught and evicted; only to try and gain access again. It was all great fun! Its demise came in 1957 after the theatre owners took out the comedy acts and replaced them with more featured strippers. Society balked, arrests were made and the curtain came down!”
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“The Hudson Burlesque
Of all the theaters I miss from that era, the Hudson Theatre tops the list. It was built in what was then called Union Hill, early in December 1907. We called it the Hudson Burlesque, and it featured striptease artists such as Lili St. Cyr, Gypsy Rose Lee and Tempest Storm. Being too young to get into the theatre on my own, I usually offered an adult standing in line some money to take me in. Once inside, I would head for the front of the theatre to the fire exit on the right side of the orchestra seating. It was all prearranged with my friends waiting outside! With one kick, the door would open, allowing them to come streaming in. There were not enough ushers to catch us all, so some of us would invariably be caught and evicted, only to try to gain access again. It was all great fun!
“I don't think there is such a thing as being too raunchy when it comes to the art form of burlesque.” Christina Aguilera, American singer-songwriter and actress.
From the upcoming book “Seawater One.”
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Of all the theaters I miss from that era, the Hudson Theatre tops the list. It was built in what was then called Union Hill, early in December 1907. We called it the Hudson Burlesque, and it featured striptease artists such as Lili St. Cyr, Gypsy Rose Lee and Tempest Storm. Being too young to get into the theatre on my own, I usually offered an adult standing in line some money to take me in. Once inside, I would head for the front of the theatre to the fire exit on the right side of the orchestra seating. It was all prearranged with my friends waiting outside! With one kick, the door would open, allowing them to come streaming in. There were not enough ushers to catch us all, so some of us would invariably be caught and evicted, only to try to gain access again. It was all great fun!
“I don't think there is such a thing as being too raunchy when it comes to the art form of burlesque.” Christina Aguilera, American singer-songwriter and actress.
From the upcoming book “Seawater One.”
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