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Irish on the Move: Performing Mobility in American Variety Theatre
University of Iowa Press, 2019 eISBN: 978-1-60938-670-2 | Paper: 978-1-60938-669-6 Library of Congress Classification PN1590.I85G83 2019 Dewey Decimal Classification 791.0899162
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
A little over a century ago, the Irish in America were the targets of intense xenophobic anxiety. Much of that anxiety centered on their mobility, whether that was traveling across the ocean to the U.S., searching for employment in urban centers, mixing with other ethnic groups, or forming communities of their own. Granshaw argues that American variety theatre, a precursor to vaudeville, was a crucial battleground for these anxieties, as it appealed to both the fears and the fantasies that accompanied the rapid economic and social changes of the Gilded Age. See other books on: Irish | Irish Americans | Move | Revues | Theater and society See other titles from University of Iowa Press |
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Irish on the Move: Performing Mobility in American Variety Theatre
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University of Iowa Press, 2019
eISBN: 978-1-60938-670-2
Paper: 978-1-60938-669-6
eISBN: 978-1-60938-670-2
Paper: 978-1-60938-669-6
A little over a century ago, the Irish in America were the targets of intense xenophobic anxiety. Much of that anxiety centered on their mobility, whether that was traveling across the ocean to the U.S., searching for employment in urban centers, mixing with other ethnic groups, or forming communities of their own. Granshaw argues that American variety theatre, a precursor to vaudeville, was a crucial battleground for these anxieties, as it appealed to both the fears and the fantasies that accompanied the rapid economic and social changes of the Gilded Age.
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