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- Title
Laughing It Off: Neo-burlesque striptease and the case of the Sexual Overtones as a theatre of resistance.
- Authors
Klein, Reisa
- Abstract
This article examines humour expressed through body language within the context of the neo-burlesque theatre group Sexual overtones. By analyzing various techniques, including the use of parody, exaggeration, costumes and make-up, it considers the ways in which bodily humour operates within counter-hegemonic resistances through the use of pleasure, biopower and performances of new subjectivities. nonetheless, it argues that neo-burlesque's continued focus on bodily display and objectification set parameters on the types of resistances that can unfold.
- Subjects
STRIPTEASE; SEXUAL Overtones (Performer); BIOPOLITICS (Philosophy); THEATER; STRIPTEASERS
- Publication
IC: Revista Científica de Información y Comunicación, 2014, Issue 11, p245
- ISSN
1696-2508
- Publication type
Article