Irish Stereotypes in Vaudeville, 1865-1905 by Jennifer Mooney

Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History

Irish Stereotypes in Vaudeville, 1865-1905

Jennifer Mooney

253 pages hardcover

1 edition

nonfiction art history medium-paced
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Vaudeville is often viewed as the source of some of the crude stereotypes that positioned the Irish immigrant in America as the antithesis of native-born American citizens. Using primary archival material, Mooney argues that the vaudeville stage w...

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