Rank ladies : gender and cultural hierarchy in American vaudeville /

An illuminating study of vaudeville, this book shows how women-as performers, patrons, and workers-influenced its rise and fall as America's favorite form of live entertainment.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kibler, M. Alison
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©1999.
Colección:Gender & American culture.
Temas:
Vaudeville > United States > History.
Women entertainers > United States.
Femmes artistes du spectacle > États-Unis.
PERFORMING ARTS > Comedy.
Vaudeville
Women entertainers
Schauspielerin
Vaudeville.
Vrouwen.
Sekseverschillen.
United States
USA
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Ladies and nuts: cultural hierarchy and mass appeal in Keith's vaudeville audiences
  • Ladies of rank: the Elinore Sisters' ethnic comedy
  • A has been old-lady star: Julia Arthur in vaudeville
  • The Corking Girls: White women's racial masquerades in vaudeville
  • The upside-down lady: Ruth Budd's circus acrobatics in vaudeville
  • Artists and artisans, rats and lambs: the White Rats, 1900-1920
  • Conclusion.

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