Undressed for Success: Beauty Contestants and Exotic Dancers as Merchants of Morality (Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History)

Using the tools of performance studies, gender theory, and cultural history, Brenda Foley explores the striking similarities between beauty pageantry and striptease. Undressed for Success features extensive primary source research--newspapers, journals, trade publications, photography collections, press releases, memoirs, and interviews with both strippers and pageant contestants.