The art(ifice) of striptease: Gypsy Rose Lee and the masquerade of nudity

Modernism, Gender, and Culture: A Cultural Studies Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 47-63

  Blessing, Jennifer ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Guggenheim Museum   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203054444-9     Document Type: Chapter

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