 | Burlesque and the New Bump-n-Grind by Michelle Baldwin
Buy new: $15.61 / Used from: $13.93 A wonderful record of the Post Modern Burlesque Scene..Oh yeah and I'm in it...*wink*
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 | Horrible Prettiness: Burlesque and American Culture (Cultural Studies of the United States) by Robert C. Allen
Buy new: $24.75 / Used from: $14.75 For all the historically minded peelers in class!
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 | The Bare Truth: Stars of Burlesque From the '40s and '50s by Len Rothe
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $15.00 Beautiful photos and my own personal bible for costuming 101
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 | The Queens of Burlesque: Vintage Photographs of the 1940s and 1950s (Schiffer Pictorial Essay) by Len Rothe
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $8.11 Another fabulous photo book by Len Rothe costume bible number 2!
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 | Striptease: From Gaslight To Spotlight by Jessica Glasscock
Buy new: $29.95 / Used from: $2.75 A wonderful survey of the history of our modern peeling
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 | Striptease: The Untold History of the Girlie Show by Rachel Shteir
Buy used from: $6.42 Recently published, I have yet to read it but it looks fascinating..
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 | Take It Off! Strip Tease Classics by David Rose & his Orchestra
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $10.99 Great music to start getting your bump and grind on...Plus it's great music to clean house by...A MUST!
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 | Gypsy: Memoirs of America's Most Celebrated Stripper by Gypsy Rose Lee
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $10.38 A wonderful tome By my hero Miss Gypsy Rose Lee
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 | My G-String Mother: At Home and Backstage with Gypsy Rose Lee by Erik Preminger
Buy used from: $0.95 A wonderful portrait of the lady, written by the man that knew her best, her son.
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 | Gypsy
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $7.99 Let them entertain you...You gotta have a gimmick is MANDITORY watching!
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 | Night They Raided Minsky's
Buy used from: $0.99 For all you vaudeville lovers out there!
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 | Pretty Things: The Last Generation of American Burlesque Queens by Liz Goldwyn
Buy new: $29.67 / Used from: $10.39 I hated the documentary, but I LOVE this book.
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 | Burlesque and the Art of the Teese/Fetish and the Art of the Teese by Dita Von Teese
Buy new: $26.37 / Used from: $23.99 Oh but I love the pretty photos.
Not the be all end all of burlesque education- but a great compendium of beauty tips and eye candy for the visual sweet tooth.
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