When I'm Bad, I'm Better: Mae West, Sex, and American Entertainment / Edition 1

by Marybeth Hamilton

Overview

In a world of trendsetting film icons, few are more familiar than Mae West. Yet for all her public controversy, West is also a mystery. Marybeth Hamilton combines elements of biography, cultural analysis, and social history to unmask West and reveal her commercial savvy, willpower, and truly shocking theatrical transgressions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780520210943
Publisher:	University of California Press
Publication date:	12/08/1997
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	317
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Marybeth Hamilton holds a Ph.D. in History from Princeton University and teaches American History at Birkbeck College, University of London.

Table of Contents

Prologue 
1 Tough Girl 
2 "That Touch of Class" 
3 Sex, The Drag, and the Comedy-Drama of Life 
4 Sex on Trial: The Politics of "Legit" 
5 A Little Bit Spicy: Diamond Lil 
6 "I'm the Queen of the Bitches" 
7 The Honor of White Womanhood 
8 Mae West Mania 
9 It Ain't No Sin 
10 Mae West in Exile 
11 The Queen of Camp 
Epilogue 
Notes 
Bibliography 
Index