Viewing Pleasure and Being a Showgirl - How Do I Look?

List of contents

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

About the author

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.

Summary

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 w

Product details

• Authors: Alison Carr, Alison (Sheffield Hallam University Carr, Alison J. Carr, Carr Alison
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9780367607111
• ISBN: 978-0-367-60711-1
• No. of pages: 120
• Series: Sexualities in Society
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, Society & culture: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Men's Studies, Feminism & feminist theory, Gender studies, gender groups, Society and culture: general, Feminism and feminist theory, Gender studies: men and boys, Gender Studies: Men