Stripping (away) the stereotype: race, culture, and gender in neo-burlesque performance
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Alyssa McNeil Haney (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
- Advisor
- Jill Green
Abstract: This project explores issues of performing the "exotic Other" in neo-burlesque dance. Using the examples of performers Dita Von Teese's "Opium Den," Jett Adore's "Zorro," and Calamity Chang's "Hello Kitty" acts, questions regarding racial stereotypes, cultural appropriation, subversion, and agency in neo-burlesque are explored, probing the complexity of multi-layered performances of gender, culture, and race.
Stripping (away) the stereotype: race, culture, and gender in neo-burlesque performance
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Thesis
- Language: English
- Date: 2015
- Keywords
- Burlesque, Gender, Race
- Subjects
- Burlesque (Theater) $x Social aspects
- Striptease $x Social aspects