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The prettiest girl on stage is a man : race and gender benders in American vaudeville
- Title
- The prettiest girl on stage is a man : race and gender benders in American vaudeville / Kathleen B. Casey.
- Author
- Casey, Kathleen B.
- Publication
- Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, [2015]
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Details
- Description
- xxviii, 210 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Blacks > Race identity > United States
- Racism > United States
- Racism in popular culture > United States
- Whites > Race identity > United States
- Female impersonators > United States
- Blackface entertainers > United States
- Gender expression > United States
- Minstrel shows > United States > History
- Entertainers > United States
- Vaudeville > United States
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: "the people's art" in the modern world -- Sex, savagery, and the woman who made vaudeville famous -- "Making a woman of himself" : Julian Eltinge and the hyperwhite lady -- "She is what she aint" : Lillyn Brown and the meaning of black male -- Impersonation -- "The Jewish girl with the colored voice" : Sophie Tucker and the sound -- And shape of transgression -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
- Call Number
- Sc E 15-1861
- ISBN
- 9781621901655
- 1621901653
- LCCN
- 2014038345
- OCLC
- 894670533
- Author
- Casey, Kathleen B., author.
- Title
- The prettiest girl on stage is a man : race and gender benders in American vaudeville / Kathleen B. Casey.
- Publisher
- Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, [2015]
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 15-1861