"After the Second World War, Vancouver emerged as a hotbed of striptease talent. In Burlesque West, the first critical history of the city's notorious striptease scene, Becki Ross delves into the erotic entertainment industry at the northern end of the dancers' west coast tour -…
"After the Second World War, Vancouver emerged as a hotbed of striptease talent. In Burlesque West, the first critical history of the city's notorious striptease scene, Becki Ross delves into the erotic entertainment industry at the northern end of the dancers' west coast tour -…
Drawing on extensive case study research done in the UK and internationally, this title explains how changing approaches to evening and night-time activities have been conceptualised in planning practice, and how these ideas have been subverted by the entertainment industry.
The nocturnal city
by Shaw, Robert
fromRoutledge research in culture, space and identity
The nocturnal city
by Shaw, Robert
fromRoutledge research in culture, space and identity
The nocturnal city
by Shaw, Robert
fromRoutledge research in culture, space and identity
Budapest at the fin de siecle was famed and emulated for its cosmopolitan urban culture and nightlife. It was also the second-largest Jewish city in Europe. Mary Gluck delves into the popular culture of Budapest's coffee houses, music halls, and humour magazines to uncover the e…
Nearly a quarter of the population of Budapest at the fin de siècle was Jewish. This demographic fact appears startling primarily because of its virtual absence from canonical histories of the city.Famed for its cosmopolitan culture and vibrant nightlife, Budapest owed much to i…