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Rank ladies : gender and cultural hierarchy in American vaudeville / M. Alison Kibler.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kibler, M. Alison, author.
- Series:
- Gender and American Culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women entertainers.
- Vaudeville--United States--History.
- Vaudeville.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (303 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill ; London : The University of North Carolina Press, [1999]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Rank Ladies: Gender and Cultural Hierarchy in American Vaudeville
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; 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; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9798890870100
- 9780807876053
- 0807876054
- OCLC:
- 823382336
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