| List of Illustrations and Credits | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| Ch. 1 | Fantasies, Fascism, Female Spectacle: An Introduction | 3 |
| Ch. 2 | "Good Heter Stuff": Isherwood, Sally Bowles, and the Vision of Camp | 37 |
| Ch. 3 | The Cold War against Mummy: Van Druten's I Am a Camera | 85 |
| Ch. 4 | Sally, Lola, and Painful Pleasures: The First On-Screen Sally Bowles | 120 |
| Ch. 5 | (Nazi) Life Is a Cabaret: Sally Bowles and Broadway Musical | 159 |
| Ch. 6 | "Doesn't My Body Drive You Wild with Desire?": Fosse's Cabaret | 200 |
| Epilogue | 236 |
| Bibliography | 243 |
| Index | 253 |