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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 — 1,415 ratings — published 2006
The Burlesque Handbook: A definitive, easy-to-use guide to burlesque performance―tips, technique, and feisty attitude from a New Burlesque icon (Perfect Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as burlesque)
avg rating 4.37 — 426 ratings — published 2010
Pretty Things: The Last Generation of American Burlesque Queens (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as burlesque)
avg rating 4.33 — 221 ratings — published 2006
Horrible Prettiness: Burlesque and American Culture (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as burlesque)
avg rating 3.91 — 105 ratings — published 1982
Burlesque and the New Bump-N-Grind (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as burlesque)
avg rating 4.06 — 83 ratings — published 2004
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 — 5,870 ratings — published 2010
Behind the Burly Q: The Story of Burlesque in America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as burlesque)
avg rating 3.69 — 342 ratings — published 2013
The Queens of Burlesque: Vintage Photographs from the 1940s and 1950s (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as burlesque)
avg rating 3.88 — 60 ratings — published 1998
Burlesque: A Living History (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as burlesque)
avg rating 3.62 — 42 ratings — published 2009
Gypsy: A Memoir (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as burlesque)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,301 ratings — published 1957
Burlesque Poster Design: The Art of Tease (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as burlesque)
avg rating 4.00 — 21 ratings — published 2008
Gilded Lili: Lili St. Cyr and the Striptease Mystique (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as burlesque)
avg rating 3.74 — 68 ratings — published 2007
Happy Stripper, The: Pleasures and Politics of the New Burlesque (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 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 10 times as burlesque)
avg rating 4.12 — 17 ratings — published 1998
Minsky's Burlesque : A Fast and Funny Look at America's Bawdiest Era (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as burlesque)
avg rating 3.78 — 18 ratings — published 1986
New Burlesque (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 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 9 times as burlesque)
avg rating 3.77 — 149 ratings — published 2018
Burlesque: Legendary Stars of the Stage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as burlesque)
avg rating 4.03 — 35 ratings — published 2004
Goddess of Love Incarnate: The Life of Stripteuse Lili St. Cyr. (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as burlesque)
avg rating 4.02 — 86 ratings — published 2015
Striptease: The Untold History of the Girlie Show (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as burlesque)
avg rating 3.69 — 88 ratings — published 2004
The G-String Murders (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as burlesque)
avg rating 3.38 — 461 ratings — published 1941
Your Beauty Mark: The Ultimate Guide to Eccentric Glamour (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as burlesque)
avg rating 4.17 — 2,307 ratings — published 2015
Burlesque: The True Art of Seduction (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as burlesque)
avg rating 3.38 — 13 ratings — published 2011
Burlesque: Exotic Dancers of the 50s & 60s (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as burlesque)
avg rating 3.86 — 7 ratings — published 2010
Ultimate Burlesque (Ultimate Xcite)
by (shelved 7 times as burlesque)
avg rating 3.88 — 26 ratings — published 2008
The Costumes of Burlesque: 1866-2018 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as burlesque)
avg rating 4.33 — 15 ratings — published
Girl Show: Into the Canvas World of Bump and Grind (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as burlesque)
avg rating 3.94 — 17 ratings — published 1998
Banned in Boston: The Watch and Ward Society's Crusade against Books, Burlesque, and the Social Evil (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as burlesque)
avg rating 3.65 — 75 ratings — published 2010
Striptease: From Gaslight to Spotlight (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as burlesque)
avg rating 3.90 — 42 ratings — published 2003
The Velvet Hammer Burlesque: Glorifying the American Gal Since 1995 (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as burlesque)
avg rating 4.62 — 13 ratings — published 2008
The League of Exotic Dancers: Legends from American Burlesque (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as burlesque)
avg rating 3.82 — 17 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 3.25 — 53 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
A Pictorial History of Burlesque (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as burlesque)
avg rating 3.25 — 8 ratings — published 1956
United States of Americana: Backyard Chickens, Burlesque Beauties, and Handmade Bitters: A Field Guide to the New American Roots Movement – Finding Inspiration in Historical Traditions (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as burlesque)
avg rating 3.29 — 156 ratings — published 2010
Behind The Burlesque (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as burlesque)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2012
Naked: On Sex, Work, and Other Burlesques (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as burlesque)
avg rating 4.35 — 429 ratings — published 2023
My Journey Burlesque (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as burlesque)
avg rating 2.00 — 1 rating — published 2005
A Bit of Burlesque: A Brief History of Its Times & Stars (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as burlesque)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1997
Georgia: My Life in Burlesque (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as burlesque)
avg rating 4.18 — 11 ratings — published 1972
This Was Burlesque (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as burlesque)
avg rating 3.38 — 26 ratings — published 2014
Stripping Gypsy: The Life of Gypsy Rose Lee (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as burlesque)
avg rating 3.59 — 216 ratings — published 2009
The American Burlesque Show (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as burlesque)
avg rating 2.67 — 3 ratings — published 1967
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 2.71 — 28 ratings — published 2009
Tempest Storm: The Lady Is a Vamp (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as burlesque)
avg rating 3.41 — 27 ratings — published 1987
Stripteese (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as burlesque)
avg rating 4.35 — 123 ratings — published 2009
Blue Vaudeville: Sex, Morals and the Mass Marketing of Amusement, 1895-1915 (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as burlesque)
avg rating 3.61 — 18 ratings — published 2004
Rust Belt Burlesque: The Softer Side of a Heavy Metal Town (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as burlesque)
avg rating 4.50 — 6 ratings — published
Marinka: From Havana To Burlesque (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as burlesque)
avg rating 4.00 — 9 ratings — published
“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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"He was dangerous, he was nothing she needed and everything she wanted. Dark hair, tall and broad shouldered...the man was sin on earth to her.”
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