The new humor in the progressive era : Americanization and the vaudeville comedian /
The New Humor in the Progressive Era defines this brand of humor and how it was practiced by comic vaudevillians from the 1880s to the early 1920s, vaudeville's golden era. Providing a comprehensive and wide range of comic vaudevillians, a special emphasis is placed on the comedy team and ethni...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2014.
|
| Series: | Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history.
|
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Americanization: Progressive Era Reformers, Cultural Critics, and Popular Comic Entertainments
- 2. Putting It Over in American Vaudeville
- 3. The New Humor: Ethnic Acts and Family Acts
- 4. The Marx Brothers Go To School
- 5. The New Woman and the Female Comedian as Social Insurgent Epilogue.