Irish and the Origins of American Popular Culture

List of contents

Introduction 1. Setting the Stage: Minstrelsy, Vaudeville, Circuses, and Other Entertainments 2. Heavyweights, Sluggers, and Medalists: The Irish in American Sports 3. The Weird Tales, Spicy Detectives, and Startling Stories of Irish America: Pulp Magazines 4. The Famous and the Notorious: Irish-American Celebrities 5. Irish in the Panels and Gutters: Comic Strips. Afterword

About the author

Christopher Dowd is Associate Professor and Department Chair of English at the University of New Haven.

Summary

This book focuses on the intersection between the assimilation of the Irish into American life and the emergence of an American popular culture, which took place at the same historical moment in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It investigates the primary elements of early American popular culture—pulp fiction, comic strips, pro

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Dowd, Christopher (University of New Haven Dowd, Dowd Christopher
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2020
• EAN: 9780367592653
• ISBN: 978-0-367-59265-3
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: Routledge Studies in Cultural History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; USA, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, Ireland, Social and cultural history, History of the Americas, History and Archaeology