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May Irwin: Singing, Shouting, and the Shadow of Minstrelsy
Sharon Ammen
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Description for May Irwin: Singing, Shouting, and the Shadow of Minstrelsy
Hardback. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JH; 3JJC; ASZH; AVGM; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
May Irwin reigned as America's queen of comedy and song from the 1880s through the 1920s. A genuine pop culture phenomenon, Irwin conquered the legitimate stage, composed song lyrics, and parlayed her celebrity into success as a cookbook author, suffragette, and real estate mogul.
May Irwin reigned as America's queen of comedy and song from the 1880s through the 1920s. A genuine pop culture phenomenon, Irwin conquered the legitimate stage, composed song lyrics, and parlayed her celebrity into success as a cookbook author, suffragette, and real estate mogul.
Sharon Ammen's in-depth study traces Irwin's hurly-burly life. Irwin gained fame when, layering aspects of minstrelsy over ragtime, she popularized a racist "Negro song" genre. Ammen examines this forgotten music, the society it both reflected and entertained, and the ways white and black audiences received Irwin's performances. She also delves into Irwin's hands-on management of her ... Read more
A critical and historical biography, May Irwin offers an entrée to a troubling time through the life of one of its most vivid figures.
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
Music in American Life
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252040658
SKU
V9780252040658
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About Sharon Ammen
"Sharon Ammen is professor emerita of theatre at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, Indiana. "
Reviews for May Irwin: Singing, Shouting, and the Shadow of Minstrelsy
"Recommended."
Choice "May Irwin: Singing, Shouting, and the Shadow of Minstrelsy [is] a 10+."
Thousand Islands Life Magazine "Well-written and thoroughly researched. . . . In exploring the means by which Irwin maintained her place in American popular entertainment, Ammen also connects to continuing research into the history of minstrelsy in popular culture."
Journal of American Drama and Theatre "This is a valuable ... Read more
Choice "May Irwin: Singing, Shouting, and the Shadow of Minstrelsy [is] a 10+."
Thousand Islands Life Magazine "Well-written and thoroughly researched. . . . In exploring the means by which Irwin maintained her place in American popular entertainment, Ammen also connects to continuing research into the history of minstrelsy in popular culture."
Journal of American Drama and Theatre "This is a valuable ... Read more