Irish Stereotypes in Vaudeville, 1865-1905

Informationen zum Autor Jennifer Mooney is an independent scholar working on the history of vaudeville. She received her PhD from the University of Ulster, UK. Klappentext Vaudeville is often viewed as the source of some of the crude stereotypes that positioned the Irish immigrant in America as the antithesis of native-born American citizens. Using primary archival material, Mooney argues that the vaudeville stage was an important venue in which an Irish-American identity was constructed, negotiated, and refined. Zusammenfassung Vaudeville is often viewed as the source of some of the crude stereotypes that positioned the Irish immigrant in America as the antithesis of native-born American citizens. Using primary archival material! Mooney argues that the vaudeville stage was an important venue in which an Irish-American identity was constructed! negotiated! and refined. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. "Irish By Name": An Overview of Irish and Ethnic Performance in Vaudeville 3. Performing Irishness at Tony Pastor's Opera House, 1865-1874 4. Representations of Irish Masculinity in Vaudeville 5. Representations of Irish Women in Vaudeville 6. Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Jennifer Mooney, Jennifer T. Mooney
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2015
• EAN: 9781137482648
• ISBN: 978-1-137-48264-8
• No. of pages: 253
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History; Palgrave Studies in Theatre an; Palgrave Studies in Theatre an; Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; B, Europe, Cultural Studies, Film Theory, auseinandersetzen, Ethnology—Europe, Motion pictures, European Culture, Palgrave Theatre & Performance Collection, Film history, theory & criticism, United States—Study and teaching, American Culture, Film history, theory or criticism