Street Scenes: Staging the Self in Immigrant New York, 1880-1924
- ISBN-10
- 0816645213
- ISBN-13
- 9780816645213
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 309
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- U of Minnesota Press
- Author
- Esther Romeyn
Description
'Street Scenes' focuses on the intersection of modern city life and stage performance. From street life and slumming to vaudeville and early cinema, to Yiddish theatre and blackface comedy, Romeyn discloses racial comedy, passing, and masquerade as gestures of cultural translation.
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