Description: Further DetailsTitle: May IrwinCondition: NewSubtitle: Singing, Shouting, and the Shadow of MinstrelsyISBN-10: 025208215XEAN: 9780252082153ISBN: 9780252082153Publisher: University of Illinois PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 12/07/2016Description: 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 image and career, revealing how Irwin carefully built a public persona as a nurturing housewife whose maternal skills and performing acumen reinforced one another. Irwin's act, soaked in racist song and humor, built a fortune she never relinquished. Yet her career's legacy led to a posthumous obscurity as the nation that once adored her evolved and changed. A critical and historical biography, May Irwin offers an entrée to a troubling time through the life of one of its most vivid figures.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Width: 30mmAuthor: Sharon AmmenGenre: Music Dance & TheatreBook Series: Music in American LifeTopic: BiographyItem Weight: 481gRelease Year: 2016 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: May Irwin
Title: May Irwin
Subtitle: Singing, Shouting, and the Shadow of Minstrelsy
ISBN-10: 025208215X
EAN: 9780252082153
ISBN: 9780252082153
Release Date: 12/07/2016
Release Year: 2016
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Music Dance & Theatre
Topic: Biography
Number of Pages: 296 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: May Irwin : Singing, Shouting, and the Shadow of Minstrelsy
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Item Height: 1.2 in
Subject: History & Criticism, Genres & Styles / Folk & Traditional, Theater / History & Criticism, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Publication Year: 2016
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 17 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Subject Area: Music, Performing Arts, Social Science
Author: Sharon Ammen
Series: Music in American Life Ser.
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
