Female Aerialists in the 1920s and Early 1930s

Name: Female Aerialists in the 1920s and Early 1930s
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Female Aerialists in the 1920s and Early 1930sFemininity, Celebrity, and Glamour\nAuthor(s): Kate Holmes\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367182571, 978-0367182571\nSynopsis\nFemale solo aerialists of the 1920s and early 1930s were internationally popular performers in the largest live performance mass entertainment of the period in the UK and USA. Yet these aerialists and this period in circus history have been largely forgotten despite the iconic image of the female aerialist still flaring in the popular imagination.\n\nKate Holmes uses insights gained as a practitioner to reconstruct in detail the British and American performances and public personae of key stars such as Lillian Leitzel, Luisita Leers, and the Flying Codonas, revealing what is performed and implicit in todays practice. Using a wealth of original sources, this book considers the forgotten stars whose legacy of the cultural image of the female a.