Undressed for Success

BRENDA FOLEY has taught at a number of universities, including Brown University, the University of New Hampshire, and St. Thomas University in Canada, where she is at present an Assistant Professor of English. She has published articles in journals such as Nordic Theatre Studies, Theatre InSight, and the journal of the National Women's Studies Association (NWSA). In addition to her academic work, Brenda is a veteran Equity actress of twenty years with theatre credits including the La Jolla Playhouse, Roundabout, Studio Arena, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Indiana Rep, and Vienna's English Theatre, in Austria, as well as numerous Public Radio appearances.

• Introduction 'Stripping the Light Fantastic': Historical Cross-Pollination in Staged Female Exposure 'It Ain't What You Do, It's The Way What You Do It': Segmenting Female Spectacle on the Basis of Constructed Morality Artifice and Authenticity: Parallels in Performance Approach Performing Normalcy Economics and Advancement: or, Flesh-for-Cash Transactions and the Cinderella Myth Naked Politics: Regulating and Legislating Female Display Afterword

"This book covers a tremendous amount of ground and offers a complicated, interdisciplinary, and yet highly accessible approach to subjects that have mostly been treated separately: beauty contestants and strippers, Miss American Pageants and strip acts. Foley shows beyond any doubt that these two theatrical forms are historically and formally linked to one another. This is a tremendous accomplishment." - Carolyn J. Dean, Professor of History, Brown University