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Stripping Gypsy: The Life of Gypsy Rose Lee

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This first ever biography of the highly mythologized Gypsy Rose Lee examines the struggles Lee faced in making a lucrative and unconventional career for herself while maintaining a sense of dignity and social value.

In addition to her highly successful strip-tease act and film career, she published two mystery novels and a memoir, wrote two plays, and showed her original artwork in famed Modern Art-impresario Peggy Guggenheim's gallery.

Though she wasn't above using her femininity to full advantage, Lee aspired to much more than admiration for her physical beauty.

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Oxford University Press
0199831017 / 9780199831012
eBook (EPUB)
08/04/2009
US
English
320 pages
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