When I'm Bad, I'm Better: Mae West, Sex, and American Entertainment

Author/Contributor(s):	Hamilton, Marybeth
Publisher:	University of California Press
Date:	12/08/1997
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

In a world of trendsetting film icons, few are more familiar than Mae West. Yet for all her public controversy, West is also a mystery. Marybeth Hamilton combines elements of biography, cultural analysis, and social history to unmask West and reveal her commercial savvy, willpower, and truly shocking theatrical transgressions.