The immigrant scene : ethnic amusements in New York, 1880-1920 /

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Yiddish melodramas about the tribulations of immigration. German plays about alpine tourism. Italian vaudeville performances. Rubbernecking tours of Chinatown. In the New York City of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, these seemingly disparate leisure activities played similar roles...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Haenni, Sabine
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2008.
Temas:
1800-1999
Ethnic theater > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century.
Ethnic theater > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Immigrants in motion pictures.
Motion pictures > United States.
Théâtre ethnique > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Théâtre ethnique > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Cinéma > États-Unis.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > Reference.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
Ethnic theater.
Motion pictures.
New York (State) > New York.
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Yiddish melodramas about the tribulations of immigration. German plays about alpine tourism. Italian vaudeville performances. Rubbernecking tours of Chinatown. In the New York City of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, these seemingly disparate leisure activities played similar roles: mediating the vast cultural, demographic, and social changes that were sweeping the nation's largest city. In The Immigrant Scene, Sabine Haenni reveals how theaters in New York created ethnic entertainment that shaped the culture of the United States in the early twentieth century. Considering th.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (ix, 323 pages) : illustrations, map
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-307) and index.
ISBN:9780816666355
0816666350

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