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Tables of Contents for Cancan!
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Illustrations
vi
2
Preface
viii
Introduction / The `Naughty Nineties' Society, The Arts... and Ladies' Underwear
1
23
Chapter 1 / How It All Began From the 1830s to the Second Empire
24
21
Chapter 2 / Frills and Spills in the Modern Age From the 1880s to the 1990s
45
27
Chapter 3 / Theatres, Music Halls and Dancing Gardens The Many `Homes' of the Cancan
72
36
Chapter 4 / Offenbach in the Underworld The Cancan in Operetta, Ballet and Musicals
108
26
Chapter 5 / La Goulue "Tous Les Soirs" The Cancan in Art
134
19
Chapter 6 / A Feast for the Eyes The Cinema and the Cancan
153
20
Chapter 7 / The Cancan Today
173
14
Notes
187
14
Bibliography
201
5
Index
206