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BL
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635152
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| Main Entry
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Ross, Becki,1959-
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| Title & Author
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Burlesque West : : showgirls, sex and sin in postwar Vancouver /\ Becki L. Ross
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| Publication Statement
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Toronto ;Buffalo :: University of Toronto Press,, c2009
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| Page. NO
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xix, 373 p., [8] p. of plates :: ill. (some col.) ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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9780802096982 (cloth)
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: 0802096980 (cloth)
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: 9780802096463 (pbk.)
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: 0802096468 (pbk.)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-333) and index
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| Contents
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Preface : beginnings, backlash, and brazenness -- 1. Uncloaking the striptease past -- 2. 'I ain't Rebecca, and this ain't Sunnybrook Farm' : men behind the marquee -- 3. 'We were like snowflakes--no two were alike' : dancers and their gimmicks -- 4. 'Peelers sell beer, and the money was huge' : the shifting conditions of selling fantasy -- 5. 'Everyone wanted to date a dancer, nobody wanted to marry one' : occupational hazards in the industry -- 6. 'You started to feel like a dinosaur' : exiting and aging in the business
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| Subject
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Burlesque (Theater)-- British Columbia-- Vancouver-- History-- 20th century
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Striptease-- British Columbia-- Vancouver-- History-- 20th century
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Stripteasers-- British Columbia-- Vancouver-- History-- 20th century
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Showgirls-- British Columbia-- Vancouver-- History-- 20th century
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Nightlife-- British Columbia-- Vancouver-- History-- 20th century
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Sex-oriented businesses-- British Columbia-- Vancouver-- History-- 20th century
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Vancouver (B.C.), History
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| Dewey Classification
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792.7
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| LC Classification
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PN1949.S7R65 2009
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