The genesis of mass culture : show business live in America, 1840 to 1940

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The genesis of mass culture : show business live in America, 1840 to 1940

John Springhall

Palgrave Macmillan, 2008

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-226) and index

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内容説明

A thorough survey of the origins and development of the major distinct American commercial entertainments that emerged between over the course of the 19th century and into the 20th, including P.T. Barnum_s American Museum, freak show, and circus, as well as blackface minstrelry, Buffalo Bill_s Wild West Show, and vaudeville.

目次

The American Museum: Barnum's Great Leap Forward * The Freak Show Business: "Step Right Up, Folks" * Blackface Minstrelsy: The First All-American Show * The Americanized Circus: Barnum& Bailey In Excelsis * Buffalo Bill's Wild West: American Culture Goes Global * Vaudeville I: Rise and Decline of an Emergent Mass Culture * Vaudeville II: Cultural Exchange, Departure, and Transmutation * Conclusions * Appendix I: P. T. Barnum: Humbug and Reality * Appendix II: Harry Houdini's Early Career

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