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In a world of trendsetting film icons, few are more familiar than Mae West. Yet for all her public controversy, West is also a mystery. Marybeth Hamilton combines elements of biography, cultural analysis, and social history to unmask West and reveal her commercial savvy, willpower, and truly shocking theatrical transgressions.
Price: $31.95
Pages: 317
Publisher: University of California Press
Imprint: University of California Press
Publication Date:
08 December 1997
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9780520210943
Format: Paperback
Marybeth Hamilton holds a Ph.D. in History from Princeton University and teaches American History at Birkbeck College, University of London.
Prologue
1 Tough Girl
2 "That Touch of Class"
3 Sex, The Drag, and the Comedy-Drama of Life
4 Sex on Trial: The Politics of "Legit"
5 A Little Bit Spicy: Diamond Lil
6 "I'm the Queen of the Bitches"
7 The Honor of White Womanhood
8 Mae West Mania
9 It Ain't No Sin
10 Mae West in Exile
11 The Queen of Camp
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index
1 Tough Girl
2 "That Touch of Class"
3 Sex, The Drag, and the Comedy-Drama of Life
4 Sex on Trial: The Politics of "Legit"
5 A Little Bit Spicy: Diamond Lil
6 "I'm the Queen of the Bitches"
7 The Honor of White Womanhood
8 Mae West Mania
9 It Ain't No Sin
10 Mae West in Exile
11 The Queen of Camp
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index