A Revolution in Three Acts: The Radical Vaudeville of Bert Williams, Eva Tanguay, and Julian Eltinge
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Availability:In StockContributor:David Hajdu, John Carey, Michele Wallace (Foreword by)Publish date:2023-02-14Pages:176
Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231191838ISBN-10:231191839UPC:9780231191838Book Category:Comics & Graphic Novels, Performing Arts, MusicBook Subcategory:Nonfiction, Theater, History & CriticismBook Topic:Biography & Memoir, History & CriticismSize:10.50 x 7.90 x 0.20 inchesWeight:1.4021Product ID:SCSAJ3ZSGC
A Revolution in Three Acts: The Radical Vaudeville of Bert Williams, Eva Tanguay, and Julian Eltinge
Winner - 2022 Deems Taylor / Virgil Thomson Book Awards in Pop from the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers
Bert Williams--a Black man forced to perform in blackface who challenged the stereotypes of minstrelsy. Eva Tanguay--an entertainer with the signature song "I Don't Care" who flouted the rules of propriety to redefine womanhood for the modern age. Julian Eltinge--a female...Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231191838ISBN-10:231191839UPC:9780231191838Book Category:Comics & Graphic Novels, Performing Arts, MusicBook Subcategory:Nonfiction, Theater, History & CriticismBook Topic:Biography & Memoir, History & CriticismSize:10.50 x 7.90 x 0.20 inchesWeight:1.4021Product ID:SCSAJ3ZSGC
David Hajdu is a professor at the Columbia Journalism School. His books include Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn (1996); Positively 4th Street: The Lives and Times of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Mimi Baez Fariña, and Richard Fariña (2001); The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America (2008); and Adrianne Geffel: A Fiction (2020).
John Carey is a painter and...Publisher: Columbia University Press
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