ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BARBETTE
From French, diminutive of barbe a nun's barb1, from a fancied similarity between the earthwork around a cannon and this part of a nun's habit.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BARBETTE»
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1
The Roman Goddess Ceres
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Spaeth, Barbette Stanley.
The Roman goddess Ceres / Barbette Stanley Spaeth, p. cm. Includes
bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-292-77692-6 (cloth : alk. paper).—
ISBN ...
Barbette Stanley Spaeth, 2010
2
Moncrieff's Protected
Barbette System
MON. CRIEFF'S. PROTECTED. BARBETTE. SYSTEM.' Barons defining the
mechanical part of this invention, it may be as well to state the results hoped to e
obtained by it, and the principal difficulties that had to be encountered. The
conditions ...
Alexander MONCRIEFF (Colonel.), 1868
3
Critical Theory and Performance
Ostensibly writing about the virtues of skill and concentration using Barbette as a
model of professionalism, Cocteau produced instead a brief treatise on reception
vis-a-vis female impersonation. What Cocteau finds so compelling about ...
Janelle G. Reinelt, Joseph R. Roach, 2007
4
The Modern Woman Revisited: Paris Between the Wars
le numero Barbette helps us to see that for a brief moment, at least, the
ambiguously gendered body offered competing images of how the body could be
used as a political weapon. NOTES 1 . "Barbette c'est le sphinx des
transformistes.
Whitney Chadwick, Tirza True Latimer, 2003
5
French Colonial Documentary: Mythologies of Humanitarianism
Parallel to Brown's surprising transformation from a shadow-boxing figure in a
long dressing gown to a black entertainer clad in white, Barbette initially
appeared on stage wearing an elaborate ball gown and ostrich feather hat that
he would ...
6
Clydebank Battlecruisers: Forgotten Photographs from John ...
Plating behind A barbette armour being prepared for riveter. Plating behind
armour in P barbette being shipped. Heavy stringers of Q barbette being fitted. X
barbette being prepared for lower ring ofarmour.Wood decks being laid. Closing
in ...
7
The Encyclopedia of Vaudeville
At this point, Barbette was just the opening act on the bill, but he quickly became
a headliner. In 1923, Barbette went to Paris, to appear at the Casino de Paris. He
was not the star attraction on the bill—that was actor Sessue Hayakawa—but he
...
8
Circus Bodies: Cultural Identity in Aerial Performance
Undressing as if in a bedroom, she is 'two lovers in one body', who are lifted by
light; then 'Barbette is a boy' (ibid.: 1036). The act's appeal also seems to be the
visible tension between muscular effort and its feminine costuming. Barbette's ...
9
Art, Glitter, and Glitz: Mainstream Playwrights and Popular ...
Barbette took no such pains. As with a handful of other vaudeville female
impersonators, like Karyl Norman, Barbette demonstrated little care as to the
public's perception of his sexuality. And like Karyl Norman, Barbette's act never
achieved as ...
Arthur Gewirtz, James J. Kolb, 2004
5 SAPC 70/30 shellite 160 4° VE 7ft 7in belt and Broke up before reaching (
Hadfields) caused by 'F3' barbette barbette; effect localised break up by armour
and casemate of shell bulkhead. 6 APC 70/30 shellite 160 32° PO none joint of
13Xin ...
Antony Preston, John Jordan, Stephen Dent, 2007
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BARBETTE»
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Celebrate Bastille Day with these block parties - TwinCities.com
Barbette's Bastille Day Block Party, which includes a handful of live bands and appearances by a fire circus, street performances, including ... «TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press, Jul 15»
Here's Your Very First Look at Supreme's Forthcoming Paris Store
... we delved deep into the Highsnobiety grapevine and discovered that the new store will be located at 20 Rue Barbette in the heart of the city's ... «Highsnobiety, Jul 15»
Southern Regional Teaching Awards announced
The Southern Regional Middle School Seventh Grade Math Team, under the direction of teachers Barbette Lovas and Marjorie Browning, won ... «Asbury Park Press, Jun 15»
Toddler's mom arrested in connection with honey oil lab
After contacting a woman identified as Hope Barbette Balsiger, 38, they found the house in disarray and unsanitary, Gammelgard said. «The Union of Grass Valley, Jun 15»
A thin line separates Round Rock and Paris for Texas transvestite
A vintage photo of cross-dressing tightrope walker Barbette originally published in 1926. The performer became a sensation in French high ... «Houston Chronicle, Jun 15»
Local Navy employee gets national award
Barbette Grisham is a customer service clerk at NEX Newport and was honored in a ceremony earlier this week. Grisham is a military spouse ... «Turn to 10, Jun 15»
Approving changes to policies and accepting contracts and …
C. Classified Staff Changes: ELL para Barbette Hernandez and RHS para Brittney Keele have resigned. New hires are Amy Saltsgaver as a ... «County 10, Jun 15»
Minnesota's best resorts for foodies, families and adventurers
Mr. Roberts Resort: There's no place like home for Sarah Master. The former Barbette chef has returned to her hometown of Pengilly to co-own ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jun 15»
Lucas Almendinger OUT at Third Bird, IN at Co-op Creamery
Earlier this year it was announced that chefs Sarah Master and JP Samuelson would be leaving Bartmann's Barbette and Red Stag Supperclub ... «Eater, May 15»
Northern Minnesota resort getting the Barbette touch
Sarah Master, chef at Barbette and semifinalist on ABC's "The Taste" last year, is bidding adieu to the Twin Cities and taking over Mr. Roberts ... «TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press, Apr 15»
