130 Pages
by
Routledge
130 Pages
5 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
130 Pages
5 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Drawing on interviews with a breadth of different showgirls, from shows in Paris, Las Vegas, Berlin, and Los Angeles, as well as her own artworks and those by other contemporary and historical artists, this book examines the experiences of showgirls and those who watch them, to challenge the narrowness of representations and discussions around what has been termed ‘sexualisation’ and ‘the gaze’.... Read more
Introduction
1. How Do They Look?
2. How Do I Look?: How Do I Feel as I Watch Showgirls?
3. How Do I Look?: Doing Showgirl
Conclusion: Showgirl Manifesto
Appendix: Showgirl Lexicon
Index
Biography
Alison J. Carr is a contemporary art lecturer at the University of Huddersfield, UK, and an associate lecturer in the Fine Art and Media & Communication departments at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. She is an artist and writer whose works have been exhibited and performed in Sheffield, Leeds, Nottingham, London, Berlin, Giverny, Los Angeles, and Indiana.
