 Trade In this Item for up to £2.09
Trade in The Queens of Burlesque: Vintage Photographs from the 1940s and 1950s (Schiffer Pictorial Essay) for an Amazon.co.uk gift card of up to £2.09, which you can then spend on millions of items across the site. Trade-in values may vary (terms apply). Learn more
|
Frequently Bought Together
Product details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, and more.
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
a real treat of a picture book. lovely black and white photography, a little useful info and lots of Lily StCyr, excellent and truly inspiring.
35 of 36 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Dita Von Teese et al ignited a burlesque resurgence a few years ago and it's both a wonderful, and dreadful thing. Burlesque is centuries old, and it was always risque... but it was never cheap which, sadly, is something it's become synonymous with. With the recent passing of Bettie Page, all we're really left with is "neo-burlesque". It means the internet is rife with cheap feather tails and tacky purple lace corsets, and the beauty and mystery of it seems to have taken a back-seat.
Len Rothe, though, has collected a myriad beautiful images of the burlesque ladies of yesteryear. Page after page of adverts, posters and cards... ideas of beauty have changed drastically in the last 50 or 60 years and I will always believe that the more natural, curvier, softer women of decades ago are so much more beautiful than today's stick-thin, massive-norked plastics. The Queens of Burlesque is a love letter to them.
This isn't pornography; it's not even pornographic - it's not all splayed limbs and come-to-bed eyes. Rather it's a beautiful glimpse at the mystery and artistry of vintage burlesque; a visual exposition of what it was before it was misappropriated and sullied. It's gorgeous and evocative, and flicking through it is enormously enjoyable whether you're a fan of American history, burlesque or vintage photography.
Len Rothe, though, has collected a myriad beautiful images of the burlesque ladies of yesteryear. Page after page of adverts, posters and cards... ideas of beauty have changed drastically in the last 50 or 60 years and I will always believe that the more natural, curvier, softer women of decades ago are so much more beautiful than today's stick-thin, massive-norked plastics. The Queens of Burlesque is a love letter to them.
This isn't pornography; it's not even pornographic - it's not all splayed limbs and come-to-bed eyes. Rather it's a beautiful glimpse at the mystery and artistry of vintage burlesque; a visual exposition of what it was before it was misappropriated and sullied. It's gorgeous and evocative, and flicking through it is enormously enjoyable whether you're a fan of American history, burlesque or vintage photography.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By Ana Karenina
Format:Paperback
An excellent collection of beautiful vintage photos of burlesque dancers, some more known than others. A great purchase for who has a passion for burlesque.
Would you like to see more reviews about this item?
›
Go to Amazon.com to see all 8 reviews
4.5 out of 5 stars
Were these reviews helpful?
Let us know
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
|
|
Look for similar items by category
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
|
