Mae West: She Who Laughs, Lasts (American Biographical History Series) - Softcover

Sochen, June

9780882958910: Mae West: She Who Laughs, Lasts (American Biographical History Series)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0882958917 ISBN 13: 9780882958910

Publisher: Harlan Davidson, 1992

Written by a foremost authority on popular culture, Mae West: "She Who Laughs, Lasts" is a biographical study of a very popular, even legendary, twentieth-century figure that places her in the larger context of the changing times spanned by her fifty-year career. West's life and work offer information and insight into women's history as well as the history of popular culture. Her experiences as an independent woman with bold views of women's sexuality were a kind of barometer of America's changing values. Financially independent and generally unattached, she offered women an unusual model for life. Her celebrity status gave her public exposure beyond the expectations or desires of most entertainers. Her struggle with censorship provided a continuing public stage for her as an individual of indomitable will. As a writer and performer, Mae West was well ahead of her time.

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