Carnival Strippers
by Susan Meiselas, Sylvia Wolf (Text by), Deirdre English, Whitney Museum of American Art Staff (Contribution by)
ISBN-10: 3882439548
ISBN-13: 9783882439540
$50.00
Book Specs
Binding
Trade Cloth
Publisher
Steidl
Published on
Sep 2, 2003
Edition
2nd Edition
Dimensions
11.00x0.90x9.40 Inches
Weight
2.71 Pounds
About the Book
From 1972 to 1975, Susan Meiselas spent her summers photographing and interviewing women who performed striptease for smalltown carnivals in New England, Pennsylvania and South Carolina. As she followed the girl shows from town to town, she portrayed the dancers on stage and off, photographing their public performances as well as their private lives. She also taped interviews with the dancers, their boyfriends, the show managers and paying customers. Meiselas' frank description of the lives of these women brought a hidden world to public attention. Produced during the early years of the women's movement, Carnival Strippers reflects the struggle for identity and self-esteem that characterized a complex era of change. This revised edition contains a new selection of Meiselas' black-and-white photographs together with the original interview excerpts. Additionally, an audio CD featuring a collage of participants' voices and a 1977 interview with the photographer are included. Essays by Sylvia Wolf and Deirdre English reflect on the importance of this body of work within the history of photography and the history of feminism.