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Jonathan Bollen Jonathan Bollen i(A89281 works by)
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

Post-doctoral research fellow in theatre studies at the University of New England (2005). Lectured in drama at Flinders University in Adelaide (2009). Coordinates research and development for the AusStage project.

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Don't Give Up the Strip! : Erotic Performance as Live Entertainment in Mid-Twentieth Century Australia. 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , June vol. 34 no. 2 2010; (p. 125-140) 'From 1949 to 1959 Brisbane's Theatre Royal presented a variety show with a weekly change of name, such as Grin and Bare It (1951), Nudes and Blushes (1952), Don't Give Up the Strip (1957), Hips Hooray (1958), Bareway to the Stars (1958) and Don't Point, It's Nude (1959). The show reportedly attracted a family audience; its highlight, according to one commentator, was the moment when 'Carmelita, the great striptease of the company ... and her four attendants coyly removed their bras'. Yet, in 1961, when the show was recreated in the television studios of Brisbane's BTQ7, striptease was not among the acts broadcast onto the city's television screens. This article explores the fate of erotic performance as live entertainment in mid-twentieth century Australia. Burlesque-style performances with showgirls in bustier and fishnet stockings were occasionally seen on variety shows in television's first decade in Australia, although such performances were more readily televised when framed by theatrical convention. While television's claim on the mass production of respectable variety for a suburban audience rendered the performer's eroticism innocuously nostalgic, new metropolitan niches for the live presentation of nude revue were emerging in Sydney and Melbourne.' (Abstract from author, p. 125)
2010 joint winner with Julie Kimber. John Barrett Award for Australian Studies
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