The new humor in the Progressive Era :Americanization and the vaudeville comedian
- 作者: DesRochers, Rick.
- 出版:
- 稽核項: 187p. ;22cm.
- 叢書名: Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history
- 標題: Stand-up comedy United States -- History -- 20th century. , Social aspects , Vaudeville , Comedians , Stand-up comedy , Comedians United States -- History -- 20th century. , Vaudeville United States -- History -- 20th century. , Vaudeville Social aspects -- United States. , History
- ISBN: 1137357428 , 9781137357427
- 附註: 103年科技部補助人文及社會科學研究圖書設備計畫規劃主題 : 藝術學 : 全球化與劇場跨界. Includes bibliographical references and index. Machine generated contents note: -- 1. Americanization: Progressive Era Reformers, Cultural Critics, and Popular Comic Entertainments -- 2. Putting It Over in American Vaudeville -- 3. The New Humor: Ethnic Acts and Family Acts -- 4. The Marx Brothers Go To School -- 5. The New Woman and the Female Comedian as Social Insurgent Epilogue.
- 摘要: "The New Humor in the Progressive Era defines this brand of humor and how it was practiced by comic vaudevillians from the 1880s to the early 1920s, vaudeville's golden era. Providing a comprehensive and wide range of comic vaudevillians, a special emphasis is placed on the comedy team and ethnic act of Joe Weber and Lew Fields; the family act of the Three Keatons; the school act of the Marx Brothers; the combination ethnic and family act of Kate and May Elinore, known as the Elinore Sisters; and the burlesque-inspired comedy of May Irwin, Eva Tanguay, and Marie Dressler. This diverse array of performers will be considered in relationship to Progressive-era reformers, cultural critics, and moral authorities, and their attempts to control, censure, and regulate popular comic entertainments on the vaudeville stage"--
- 系統號: 005257402
- 資料類型: 圖書
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Between 1881 and 1928, comic vaudevillians used the new humor to push and redefine the boundaries of class, ethnicity, and gender in the defiance of Progressive era efforts at Americanization. Using satire, broad physical behavior, and mocking the propriety of the middle class, the new humor of vaudeville comedy was intentionally disruptive to Anglo-American values. By tracing the effects of unprecedented immigration, the advent of the new woman, and the little-known vaudeville careers of performers like the Elinore Sisters, Buster Keaton, the Marx Brothers, and Marie Dressler, DesRochers examines the relationship between comedic vaudeville acts and progressive reformers as they fought over the new definition of "Americanness."
來源: Google Book
來源: Google Book
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