The Soul of Pleasure : Sentiment and Sensation in Nineteenth-Century American Mass Entertainment /

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Show business is today so essential to American culture it's hard to imagine a time when it was marginal. But as this work demonstrates, the appetite for amusements outside the home was not 'natural': it developed slowly over the course of the nineteenth century. The volume offers a n...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Monod, David, 1960- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2016.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Popular culture.
Performing arts.
Amusements.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
Culture populaire > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Arts du spectacle > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Amusements > United States > History > 19th century.
Popular culture > United States > History > 19th century.
Performing arts > United States > History > 19th century.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Enter sentimentality : the origins of the entertainment revolution
  • Laugh and grow fat : minstrelsy and burlesque
  • Looking through : sentimental aesthetics
  • The democratization of entertainment : the concert saloons
  • Any dodge is fair to raise a good sensation : the danger and promise of sensationalism
  • Art with the effervescence of ginger beer : the creation of vaudeville
  • Spectacle and nostalgia on the road : traveling shows.

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