Going out : the rise and fall of public amusements
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Going out : the rise and fall of public amusements
Harvard University Press, 1999
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-302) and index
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Description
David Nasaw has written a sparkling social history of twentieth-century show business and of the new American public that assembled in the city's pleasure palaces, parks, theaters, nickelodeons, world's fair midways, and dance halls.
The new amusement centers welcomed women, men, and children, native-born and immigrant, rich, poor and middling. Only African Americans were excluded or segregated in the audience, though they were overrepresented in parodic form on stage. This stigmatization of the African American, Nasaw argues, was the glue that cemented an otherwise disparate audience, muting social distinctions among "whites," and creating a common national culture.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. Dollar Theaters, Concert Saloons, and Dime Museums 3. "Something for Everybody" at the Vaudeville Theater 4. "The Best Smelling Crowd in the World" 5. The "Indecent" Others 6. The City as Playground: The World's Fair Midways 7. "The Summer Show" 8. The National Game 9. "Laughter and Liberty Galore": Early Twentieth-Century Dance Halls, Ballrooms, and Cabarets 10. Talking and Singing Machines, Parlors, and Peep Shows 11. "The Surest Immediate Money-Maker Ever Known" 12. The First Picture Shows 13. "The Pernicious 'Moving Picture' Abomination" 14. Combination Shows, Stars, and Features 15. Waving the Flag 16. Palaces for the People 17. Decline and Fall List of Abbreviations Notes Index
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