Irish Stereotypes in Vaudeville, 1865-1905 by Jennifer Mooney

Irish Stereotypes in Vaudeville, 1865-1905

Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History

Jennifer Mooney

253 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction art history medium-paced

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Vaudeville is often viewed as the source of some of the crude stereotypes that positioned the Irish immigrant in America as the antithesis of native-born American citizens. Using primary archival material, Mooney argues that the vaudeville stage w...

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