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Gypsy: The Art of the Tease Paperback - 2010

by Rachel Shteir

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"Shteir situates Gypsy Rose Lee's various career metamorphoses in terms of parallel American social and cultural transformations, from the Great Depression through the first decade of the Sexual Revolution--Katherine Liepe-Levinson, author of "Strip Show."

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From "the man on whom nothing was lost," a unique guide to the elements of statecraft, presented through spirited interpretations of classic literary works

A true icon of America at a turning point in its history, Gypsy Rose Lee was

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  • Title Gypsy: The Art of the Tease
  • Author Rachel Shteir
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 240
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Yale University Press, New Haven, CT
  • Publication date 2010-02-23
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Recycled Paper, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780300164480 / 0300164483
  • Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
  • Dimensions 8 x 5 x 0.6 in (20.32 x 12.70 x 1.52 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Category Biography / Autobiography
  • Library of Congress subjects Stripteasers - United States, Lee, Gypsy Rose
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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  • Books & Culture, 09/01/2011, Page 14

About the author

Rachel Shteir is associate professor, The Theatre School, DePaul University, and author of Striptease: The Untold History of the Girlie Show. She lives in Chicago.
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