Sweet Canadian girls abroad : a transnational history of stage and screen actresses /

"By the late nineteenth century, Canadian women had begun forging careers as professional actresses, appearing not just in Canada, but in the United States, Britain, Australia, and New Zealand. They played an integral role in theatrical networks and helped shape transnational middle-class cultu...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Morgan, Cecilia, 1958- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2022.
Subjects:
1800-1999
Actresses > Canada > Biography.
Actresses > Canada > History > 19th century.
Actresses > Canada > History > 20th century.
Actresses > Canada > Social conditions > 19th century.
Actresses > Canada > Social conditions > 20th century.
Actrices > Canada > Biographies.
Actrices > Canada > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Actrices > Canada > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Actrices > Canada > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle.
Actrices > Canada > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
HISTORY / Women
Actresses.
Canada.
Australia.
Britain.
New Zealand.
United States.
biography.
celebrity.
childhood.
citizenship.
collective.
feminist.
formation.
gender.
imperialism.
media.
middle-class.
national identities.
race.
radio.
religion.
suffrage.
theatrical networks.
whiteness.
women.
collective biographies.
Biographies.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • SWEET CANADIAN GIRLS ABROAD
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • CONTENTS
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Why Actresses? The Personal and the Professional
  • CHAPTER One Becoming an Actress: Childhood, Family, and the Stage
  • CHAPTER TWO Working Lives
  • CHAPTER THREE The Plays
  • CHAPTER FOUR Celebrity
  • CHAPTER FIVE Citizenship
  • CHAPTER SIX The Interwar Decades: Retaining Old Patterns, Facing New Challenges
  • CHAPTER SEVEN The Modern
  • and Transnational
  • Sweet Canadian Girl Onstage in London ...and New York ... and Sydney ... and Auckland
  • Epilogue
  • Dramatis Personae
  • Figures
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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