Claire Nally is Senior Lecturer in Twentieth-Century English Literature in the Department of English Literature, Linguistics and Creative Writing at Northumbria University. She is the author of 'Steampunk: Gender, Subculture and the Neo-Victorian' (I.B. Tauris, forthcoming). Angela Smith is Reader in Language and Culture in the Faculty of Education and Society at the University of Sunderland.

• List of Illustrations AcknowledgementsIntroduction - Angela Smith and Claire Nally1. The Naked Ugliness of 'Beyond the Forest' (1949) - Martin Shingler2. 'Look! Hands Off!' : The Performance of Female Exhibitionism in Angela Carter's 'The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman' and 'Nights at the Circus'- Anna Watz3. The Abject Body in Sarah Kane's Mis-en-Scène of Desire- Rina Kim4. 'Waving Genitals and Manuscripts': Ginsberg's 'Howl' and Butler's 'Excitable Speech'- Andrew Webb5. Cross-Dressing and Grrrly Shows: Twenty-First Century Burlesque- Claire Nally6.From Girl Power to Lady Power? : Postfeminism and 'Ladette to Lady'- Angela Smith7. Bingo Wings and Muffin Tops: Negotiating the Exhibition of 'Imperfect' Bodies in 'How to Look Good Naked' - Linda McLoughlinIndex

Claire Nally is Senior Lecturer in Twentieth-Century English Literature in the Department of English Literature, Linguistics and Creative Writing at Northumbria University. She is the author of 'Steampunk: Gender, Subculture and the Neo-Victorian' (I.B. Tauris, forthcoming). Angela Smith is Reader in Language and Culture in the Faculty of Education and Society at the University of Sunderland.

• List of Illustrations AcknowledgementsIntroduction - Angela Smith and Claire Nally1. The Naked Ugliness of 'Beyond the Forest' (1949) - Martin Shingler2. 'Look! Hands Off!' : The Performance of Female Exhibitionism in Angela Carter's 'The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman' and 'Nights at the Circus'- Anna Watz3. The Abject Body in Sarah Kane's Mis-en-Scène of Desire- Rina Kim4. 'Waving Genitals and Manuscripts': Ginsberg's 'Howl' and Butler's 'Excitable Speech'- Andrew Webb5. Cross-Dressing and Grrrly Shows: Twenty-First Century Burlesque- Claire Nally6.From Girl Power to Lady Power? : Postfeminism and 'Ladette to Lady'- Angela Smith7. Bingo Wings and Muffin Tops: Negotiating the Exhibition of 'Imperfect' Bodies in 'How to Look Good Naked' - Linda McLoughlinIndex

Claire Nally is Senior Lecturer in Twentieth-Century English Literature in the Department of English Literature, Linguistics and Creative Writing at Northumbria University. She is the author of 'Steampunk: Gender, Subculture and the Neo-Victorian' (I.B. Tauris, forthcoming). Angela Smith is Reader in Language and Culture in the Faculty of Education and Society at the University of Sunderland.

• List of Illustrations AcknowledgementsIntroduction - Angela Smith and Claire Nally1. The Naked Ugliness of 'Beyond the Forest' (1949) - Martin Shingler2. 'Look! Hands Off!' : The Performance of Female Exhibitionism in Angela Carter's 'The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman' and 'Nights at the Circus'- Anna Watz3. The Abject Body in Sarah Kane's Mis-en-Scène of Desire- Rina Kim4. 'Waving Genitals and Manuscripts': Ginsberg's 'Howl' and Butler's 'Excitable Speech'- Andrew Webb5. Cross-Dressing and Grrrly Shows: Twenty-First Century Burlesque- Claire Nally6.From Girl Power to Lady Power? : Postfeminism and 'Ladette to Lady'- Angela Smith7. Bingo Wings and Muffin Tops: Negotiating the Exhibition of 'Imperfect' Bodies in 'How to Look Good Naked' - Linda McLoughlinIndex