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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 — 1,417 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 — 429 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 — 104 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 — 5,910 ratings — published 2010
Behind the Burly Q: The Story of Burlesque in America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as burlesque)
avg rating 3.69 — 345 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 3.60 — 43 ratings — published 2009
Gypsy: A Memoir (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as burlesque)
avg rating 4.08 — 1,308 ratings — published 1957
Burlesque Poster Design: The Art of Tease (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as burlesque)
avg rating 4.04 — 23 ratings — published 2008
Gilded Lili: Lili St. Cyr and the Striptease Mystique (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as burlesque)
avg rating 3.75 — 69 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 — 89 ratings — published 2004
The G-String Murders (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as burlesque)
avg rating 3.38 — 464 ratings — published 1941
Your Beauty Mark: The Ultimate Guide to Eccentric Glamour (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as burlesque)
avg rating 4.17 — 2,313 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 3.64 — 76 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 3.22 — 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
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 3.30 — 157 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 — 433 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 3.43 — 28 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 3.39 — 28 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
“Would you believe I devise my entire show based upon a single one of these jewels? It's true I choose a color from my collection (...) and with it I can imagine a whole world.”
― Burlesque and the Art of the Teese / Fetish and the Art of the Teese
― Burlesque and the Art of the Teese / Fetish and the Art of the Teese
“Doubtless Princess Juliana intended for me to overhear her comment on seeing Theodora in wedding regalia. “She’s like wisteria: beautiful in a vulgarly decorative way, cloyingly scented and an unstoppable climber.” Her eyes met mine and she made a motion as if scribbling in the air, daring me to write down her words.”
― The Eagle and the Swan
― The Eagle and the Swan
