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THE LEAGUE OF EXOTIC DANCERS Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and certain other countries. Published in the United States of America by Oxford University Press 198 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016, United States of America. © Oxford University Press 2017 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, by license, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reproduction rights organization. Inquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above. You must not circulate this work in any other form and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Regehr, Kaitlyn, author. | Temperley, Matilda, photographer. Title: The League of Exotic Dancers : legends from American burlesque / Kaitlyn Regehr and Matilda Temperley. Description: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2016034963| ISBN 9780190457563 (hardback) | ISBN 9780190457587 (epub) Subjects: LCSH: Stripteasers—United States—Interviews. | Burlesque (Theater)—United States. | League of Exotic Dancers (United States) | BISAC: PERFORMING ARTS / General. | PERFORMING ARTS Dance Popular. | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women’s Studies. Classification: LCC PN1949.S7 R44 2017 | DDC 792.7092/273—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016034963 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2 Printed by Sheridan Books, Inc., United States of America For our mothers Contents GLITTER AND GRIT: AN INTRODUCTION PART 1: RETELLING TWENTIETH-CENTURY EXOTIC DANCE Aging, Staging, Sparkle, and Struggle: Frames of Context Burlesque—Dead, Alive, and Imagined PART 2: LEGENDS OF THE AMERICAN BURLESQUE SHOW Bambi Jones Ellion Ness April March Tempest Storm Toni Elling Ivy Tam Big Fannie Annie Holiday O’Hara Kitten Natividad Gabriella Maze Judith Stein Isis Star Tai Ping Suzette Fontaine Marinka Dusty Summers Penny Starr Sr. and Penny Starr Jr. Camille 2000 Liza Jourdan Rita Alexander Bic Carrol CONCLUSION: GLAMOUR OUT OF ADVERSITY ACKNOWLEDGMENTS NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX THE LEAGUE OF Exotic Dancers
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