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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Haenni, Sabine
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Motion pictures.
Immigrants in motion pictures.
Ethnic theater.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > Reference.
Cinema > États-Unis.
Theâtre ethnique > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Theâtre ethnique > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Motion pictures > United States.
Ethnic theater > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Ethnic theater > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century.
United States.
New York (State) > New York.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (344 pages): illustrations, map
ISBN:9780816666355

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