Starring women : celebrity, patriarchy, and American theater, 1790-1850 /

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"Women performers played a vital role in the development of American and transatlantic entertainment, celebrity culture, and gender ideology. Sara E. Lampert examines the lives, careers, and fame of overlooked figures from Europe and the United States whose work in melodrama, ballet, and other...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lampert, Sara E., 1982- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2020.
Colección:Women, gender, and sexuality in American history.
Temas:
1800-1899
Women in the theater > United States > History > 19th century.
Theater and society > United States > History > 19th century.
Theater > United States > History > 19th century.
Actresses > United States > Biography.
Femmes au théâtre > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Théâtre et société > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Théâtre > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Actrices > États-Unis > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
Actresses
Theater
Theater and society
Women in the theater
United States
Biography
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Between stock and star: theater and touring in the United States, 1790-1830
  • 2. (Dis)obedient daughters and devoted wives: the family politics of stock and star
  • 3. The promise and limits of female stage celebrity: Fanny Kemble in America, 1832-835
  • 4. Bringing female spectacle to the "Western country," 1835-840
  • 5. Danger, desire, and the celebrity mania: Fanny Elssler in America, 1840-1842
  • 6. The American actress's starring playbook, 1831-1857
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Index.

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