Offers an inside look at the history, culture, and philosophy of New York's neo-burlesque scene. Revealing how twenty-first century neo-burlesque is in constant dialogue with the classic burlesque of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Lynn Sally considers how today's performers use camp to comment on preconceived notions of femininity.
Lynn Sally offers an inside look at the history, culture, and philosophy of New York’s neo-burlesque scene. Through detailed profiles of iconic neo-burlesque performers. this book makes the case for understanding neo-burlesque as a new sexual revolution. Raising important questions about what feminism looks like, Neo-Burlesque celebrates a revolutionary performing art and participatory culture whose acts have political reverberations, both onstage and off.
