The prettiest girl on stage is a man : race and gender benders in American vaudeville / Kathleen B. Casey

Author:: Casey, Kathleen B.
Published:: Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2015]
Edition:: First edition.
Physical Description:: xxviii, 210 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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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 a colored voice" : Sophie Tucker and the sound and shape of transgression -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Subject(s):

Vaudeville—United States
Female impersonators—United States
Blackface entertainers—United States
Entertainers—United States
Gender expression—United States
Racism—United States
Entertainers
Female impersonators
Gender expression
Racism
Vaudeville
United States

ISBN:

9781621901655 (hardcover)
1621901653 (hardcover)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-197) and index.

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