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May Irwin
- Singing, Shouting, and the Shadow of Minstrelsy
Engelsk Paperback
May Irwin
- Singing, Shouting, and the Shadow of Minstrelsy
Engelsk Paperback

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May Irwin reigned as America''s queen of comedy and song from the 1880s through the 1920s. A genuine pop culture phenomenon, Irwin conquered the legitimate stage, composed song lyrics, and parlayed her celebrity into success as a cookbook author, suffragette, and real estate mogul.

Sharon Ammen''s in-depth study traces Irwin''s hurly-burly life. Irwin gained fame when, layering aspects of minstrelsy over ragtime, she popularized a racist "Negro song" genre. Ammen examines this forgotten music, the society it both reflected and entertained, and the ways white and black audiences received Irwin''s performances. She also delves into Irwin''s hands-on management of her image and career, revealing how Irwin carefully built a public persona as a nurturing housewife whose maternal skills and performing acumen reinforced one another. Irwin''s act, soaked in racist song and humor, built a fortune she never relinquished. Yet her career''s legacy led to a posthumous obscurity as the nation that once adored her evolved and changed.

A critical and historical biography, May Irwin offers an entrée to a troubling time through the life of one of its most vivid figures.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
296
ISBN-13:
9780252082153
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
025208215X
Udg. Dato:
7 dec 2016
Længde:
30mm
Bredde:
152mm
Højde:
229mm
Forlag:
University of Illinois Press
Oplagsdato:
7 dec 2016
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