Irish stereotypes in vaudeville, 1865-1905
By: by Jennifer Mooney
Series: Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781137482648
Subjects: Irish Americans; Ethnic identity; Stereotypes (Social psychology) in the performing arts; Vaudeville; Racism in popular culture; Theater and society; Racism and the arts; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: "Irish by name": an overview of Irish and ethnic performance in vaudeville; title: Performing Irishness at Tony Pastor's opera house, 1865-1874; title: Representations of Irish masculinity in vaudeville; title: Representations of Irish women in vaudeville; title: Conclusion; title: Appendix.