Actresses and Whores: On Stage and in Society

The categories of "whore" and "actress" have overlapped over centuries. Actresses are assumed to be sexually available and promiscuous, and prostitutes are assumed to perform for their clients. Employing historical biographies as well as interviews with contemporary sex workers, this book compares actresses and prostitutes from Nell Gwynne to Mae West. Ranging from the seventeenth century to the present, Kirsten Pullen offers many new insights to theater historians and scholars of cultural, social and gender studies.

Author: Kirsten Pullen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 02/17/2005
Pages: 228
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.06lbs
Size: 9.24h x 6.14w x 0.77d
ISBN: 9780521833417

Review Citation(s):
Choice 06/01/2006 pg. 1832

About the Author
Pullen, Kirsten: - Kirsten Pullen is Assistant Professor of Performance and New Media Studies at the University of Calgary.

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