The Prettiest Girl on Stage Is a Man : Race and Gender Benders in American Vaudeville /

"From the 1890s through the 1920s, vaudeville reigned as one of the most popular entertainment forms in urban America. Through drama, humor, and satire, it invited its socially, economically, and ethnically diverse audiences to turn a self-conscious eye upon themselves and their culture, which...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Casey, Kathleen B (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2015]
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Vaudeville.
Racism.
Gender expression.
Female impersonators.
Entertainers.
Blackface entertainers
Racisme > États-Unis.
Expression de l'identite sexuelle > États-Unis.
Artistes du spectacle > États-Unis.
Blackface (Artistes du spectacle) > États-Unis.
Acteurs travestis > États-Unis.
Racism > United States.
Gender expression > United States.
Entertainers > United States.
Blackface entertainers > United States.
Female impersonators > United States.
Vaudeville > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: "the people's art" in the modern world
  • Sex, savagery, and the woman who made vaudeville famous
  • "Making a woman of himself" : Julian Eltinge and the hyperwhite lady
  • "She is what she aint" : Lillyn Brown and the meaning of black male impersonation
  • "The Jewish girl with a colored voice" : Sophie Tucker and the sound and shape of transgression
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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