Striptease recreates the combustible mixture of license, independence, and sexual curiosity that allowed strippers to thrive for nearly a century. Rachel Shteir brings to life striptease's Golden Age, the years between the Jazz Age and the Sexual Revolution, when strippers performed around the country, in burlesque theatres, nightclubs, vaudeville houses, carnivals, fairs, and even in glorious palaces on the Great White Way. Taking us behind the scenes, Shteir introduces us to a diverse cast of characters that collided on the burlesque stage, from tight-laced political reformers and flamboyant impresarios, to drag queens, shimmy girls, cootch dancers, tit serenaders, and even girls next door, lured into the profession by big-city aspirations. Throughout the book, readers will find essential profiles of famed performers, including Gypsy Rose Lee, "the Literary Stripper"; Lili St. Cyr, the 1950s mistress of exotic striptease; and Blaze Starr, the "human heat wave," who literally set the stage on fire.

Striptease is an insightful and entertaining portrait of an art form at once reviled and embraced by the American public. Blending careful research and vivid narration, Rachel Shteir captures striptease's combination of sham and seduction while illuminating its surprisingly persistent hold on the American imagination.

脱衣舞再现了许可、独立和性好奇心的混合体，它使脱衣舞者在近一个世纪里蓬勃发展。Rachel Shteir将脱衣舞的黄金时代带到了现实中，即爵士时代和性革命之间的那些年，当时脱衣舞者在全国各地的歌舞剧院、夜总会、杂耍屋、嘉年华会、博览会，甚至在大白宫的辉煌宫殿里表演。在幕后，施泰尔向我们介绍了在滑稽戏舞台上发生碰撞的各种人物，从紧绷的政治改革家和浮夸的表演者，到变装皇后、摇摆舞女郎、cootch舞者、tit serenaders，甚至是被大城市的愿望引诱进入这个行业的隔壁女孩。在整本书中，读者将发现著名表演者的基本情况，包括 "文学脱衣舞女郎 "Gypsy Rose Lee；20世纪50年代异国脱衣舞女郎Lili St. Cyr；以及 "人类热浪 "Blaze Starr，他真的将舞台点燃。

脱衣舞是对一种既被美国公众谩骂又被拥护的艺术形式的深刻而有趣的描述。Rachel Shteir将仔细的研究和生动的叙述融为一体，抓住了脱衣舞的羞耻和诱惑的结合，同时阐明了它在美国人的想象力中令人惊讶的持久性。