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Rank ladies : gender and cultural hierarchy in American vaudeville / M. Alison Kibler.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks PN 1968 .U5 K53 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kibler, M. Alison, author.
- Series:
- Gender & American culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Vaudeville--United States--History.
- Vaudeville.
- Women entertainers.
- performing artists.
- United States.
- Women entertainers--United States.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 283 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [1999]
- Contents:
- One. Introduction
- Two. Ladies and nuts: cultural hierarchy and mass appeal in Keith's vaudeville audiences
- Three. Ladies of rank: the Elinore Sisters' ethnic comedy
- Four. A has been old-lady star: Julia Arthur in vaudeville
- Five. The Corking Girls: White women's racial masquerades in vaudeville
- Six. The upside-down lady: Ruth Budd's circus acrobatics in vaudeville
- Seven. Artists and artisans, rats and lambs: the White Rats, 1900-1920
- Eight. Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-273) and index.
- Local Notes:
- The Forrest Performing Arts Collection.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Kibler, M. Alison. Rank ladies.
- ISBN:
- 0807824836
- 9780807824832
- 0807848123
- 9780807848128
- OCLC:
- 40331152
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