Description: Title: Vaudeville and the Making of Modern Entertainment, 1890-1925 Author: Monod, David Publisher: University of North Carolina Press Binding: Paperback Pages: 288 Dimensions: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.64d Product Weight: 0.97 lbs. Language: English ISBN: 9781469660554 Today, vaudeville is imagined as a parade of slapstick comedians, blackface shouters, coyly revealed knees, and second-rate acrobats. But vaudeville was also America's most popular commercial amusement from the mid-1890s to the First World War; at its peak, 5 million Americans attended vaudeville shows every week. Telling the story of this pioneering art form's rise and decline, David Monod looks through the apparent carnival of vaudeville performance and asks: what made the theater so popular and transformative? Although he acknowledges its quirkiness, Monod makes the case that vaudeville became so popular because it offered audiences a guide to a modern urban lifestyle. Vaudeville acts celebrated sharp city styles and denigrated old-fashioned habits, showcased new music and dance moves, and promulgated a deeply influential vernacular modernism. The variety show's off-the-rack trendiness perfectly suited an era when goods and services were becoming more affordable and the mass market promised to democratize style, offering a clear vision of how the quintessential twentieth-century citizen should look, talk, move, feel, and act. Authorized Dealer Stock Photo- Actual Cover May Vary Ships Fast From The USA!
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Book Title: Vaudeville and the Making of Modern Entertainment, 1890-1925
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Vaudeville and the Making of Modern Entertainment, 1890-1925
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication Year: 2020
Subject: United States / 20th Century, Theater / History & Criticism, Genres & Styles / General
Item Height: 0.6 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 14.9 Oz
Author: David Monod
Subject Area: Music, Performing Arts, History
Item Length: 9.2 in
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
