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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.
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Marybeth Hamilton holds a Ph.D. in History from Princeton University and teaches American History at Birkbeck College, University of London.
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"The most reliably sober and informative of the recent crop of West studies, Marybeth Hamilton's [book] pinpoints West's startling transformation from frank man-hating to easy sexual mockery."
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