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The New Humor in the Progressive Era
eBook - Americanization and the Vaudeville Comedian, Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History
ISBN/EAN: 9781137357182
Umbreit-Nr.: 3355081
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 0 S., 3.15 MB
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Erschienen am 24.07.2014
Auflage: 1/2014
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Format: PDF
DRM: Digitales Wasserzeichen
- Zusatztext
- By tracing the effects of unprecedented immigration, the advent of the new woman, and the little-known vaudeville careers of performers like the Elinore Sisters, Buster Keaton, and the Marx Brothers, DesRochers examines the relation between comedic vaudeville acts and progressive reformers as they fought over the new definition of "Americanness."
- Kurztext
- By tracing the effects of unprecedented immigration, the advent of the new woman, and the little-known vaudeville careers of performers like the Elinore Sisters, Buster Keaton, and the Marx Brothers, DesRochers examines the relation between comedic vaudeville acts and progressive reformers as they fought over the new definition of &quote;Americanness.&quote;
- Autorenportrait
- Rick DesRochers is Associate Professor and Director of Theatre and Multi-Media Performance at Lehman College, City University of New York, USA.