{"product_id":"cabarets-of-death-mel-gordon-9781907222269","title":"Cabarets of Death: Death, Dance and Dining in Early Twentieth-Century Paris","description":"\u003cb\u003eThree idiosyncratically macabre cabaret-restaurants in Monmartre, each with its own grotesque portrayal of the afterworlds of Hell, Heaven, and Nothingness.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 1892 until 1954, three cabaret-restaurants in the Montmartre district of Paris captivated tourists with their grotesque portrayals of death in the afterworlds of Hell, Heaven, and Nothingness. Each had specialized cuisines and morbid visual displays with flashes of nudity and shocking optical illusions. These cabarets were considered the most curious and widely featured amusements in the city. Entrepreneurs even hawked graphic postcards of their ironic spectacles and otherworldly interiors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCabarets of Death\u003c\/i\u003e documents the dinner shows, the character interactions with guests, and the theatrical goings-on in these unique establishments. Presenting original images and drawings from contemporary journals, postcards, tourist brochures, and menus, Mel Gordon leads a tour of these idiosyncratically macabre institutions, and grants us unique access to a form of popular spectacle now gone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mel Gordon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 190722226X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781907222269\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Strange Attractor Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/13\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.47h x 8.38w x 0.33d","brand":"Mel Gordon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43987505053951,"sku":"9781907222269","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_88537fc3-4ba3-4e5c-ae81-196b34984649.jpg?v=1683289384","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cabarets-of-death-mel-gordon-9781907222269","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}