Bettie Page: Queen of Hearts

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Summary: A playful pop-culture romp
Review: If you are looking for an intensive study of the life and career of Bettie Page, look elsewhere. If you want a bunch of fun pictures and art of and inspired by Bettie Page, then this book is for you. This one focuses on the culture of the Bettie Page revival, and her influences on fashion and art. It's not a chronological narrative of Betties life, but it's more about the Bettie culture than Bettie herself.

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Summary: a must have for amy bettie page fan
Review: Let me just say if your a bettie page fan you,ll love all the pic,drawing and hard to find nude of Ms page. Its a short book but well layed out.

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Summary: Tawdry Rather Than Celebratory
Review: The most unfortunate thing about Jim Silke's book is that he writes about Bettie Page (and very poorly, at that) as an object rather than as a person--his interest in Bettie doesn't seem to extend beyond his own masturbatory fantasies. It doesn't appear that the author spent much time researching his subject (beyond looking at her pictures). While there are a respectable number photographs and some nice artwork by Dave Stevens and Robert McGinnis, there are far too many pages devoted to Silke's own drawings of Bettie, many of which are based on old movie stills or Olivia paintings.