Class, consumption, and ethnic performance in vaudeville

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Vaudeville's success in the 19th century was due to its allowing different classes of people access to the entertainment of other groups. Vaudeville promoters led the bourgeois to believe that they were seeing authentic ethnic performances and the working-class audience enjoyed seeing famous stars perform. This combination of varied acts created a concept of American culture.

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How to seduce a working girl: Vaudevillian entertainment in American working-class fiction 1890-1925

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Three novels depicting the seduction of young impoverished women by the romance of the world of vaudeville are discussed. The characters of Kitty Hamilton in 'The Sport of the Gods,' Maggie Johnson in 'Maggie: Girl of the Streets,' and Sara Smolinsky in 'Bread Givers' are analyzed.

Society, Literature, Working women, Literature and society, The Sport of the Gods (Book), Maggie: Girl of the Streets (Book), Bread Givers (Book)

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Vaudeville in American art: two case studies

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The author discusses the vaudeville subjects of 19th century painter William Glackens. Glackens' development as a realist genre painter in New York City is traced. Man Ray's 'Rope Dancer' of 1916 is also discussed.

Analysis, Art and society, Ray, Man, Glackens, William

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