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The prettiest girl on stage is a man : race and gender benders in American vaudeville
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Title
The prettiest girl on stage is a man : race and gender benders in American vaudeville / Kathleen B. Casey.
ISBN
9781621901655
1621901653
Edition
First edition.
Publication
Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, [2015]
Physical Description
xxviii, 210 pages ; 24 cm
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 07, 2015
Bibliography
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.
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