Street scenes : staging the self in immigrant New York, 1880-1924

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Label

Street scenes : staging the self in immigrant New York, 1880-1924

Title remainder

staging the self in immigrant New York, 1880-1924

Statement of responsibility

Esther Romeyn

Creator

• Romeyn, Esther

Subject

• City and town life
• City and town life -- New York (State) | New York -- History
• Electronic book
• Electronic books
• Electronic books
• Ethnic relations
• Ethnicity
• Ethnicity -- New York (State) | New York -- History
• History
• Immigrants -- Intellectual life
• Immigrants -- New York (State) | New York -- Intellectual life
• Immigrants -- New York (State) | New York -- Social conditions
• Immigrants -- Social conditions
• Intellectual life
• Minorities -- Intellectual life
• Minorities -- New York (State) | New York -- Intellectual life
• Minorities -- Social conditions
• New York (N.Y.) -- Ethnic relations
• New York (N.Y.) -- Intellectual life
• New York (State) -- New York
• PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater | History & Criticism
• Performing arts -- Social aspects
• Performing arts -- Social aspects -- New York (State) | New York -- History
• SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology | Cultural
• SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations
• SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies
• Self
• Self -- New York (State) | New York -- History
• Minorities -- New York (State) | New York -- Social conditions

Genre

• Electronic book
• Electronic books
• History

Language

eng

Summary

The turn of the twentieth century in New York City was characterized by radical transformation as the advent of consumer capitalism confronted established social hierarchies, culture, and conceptions of selfhood. The popular stage existed in a symbiotic relationship with the city and uniquely captured the contested terms of immigrant identity of the time. 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 theater and blackface comedy, Esther Romeyn discloses racial comedy, passing, and ma

Member of

• Ebook Central Academic Complete

Cataloging source

N$T

Dewey number

305.8009747/10903

Government publication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

F128.9.A1

LC item number

R66 2008eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography