Blue Vaudeville Sex, Morals and the Mass Marketing of Amusement, 1895-1915

Name: Blue Vaudeville Sex, Morals and the Mass Marketing of Amusement, 1895-1915
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ISBN: 9780786431151

ISBN-10: 0786431156

ISBN-13: 9780786431151

Edition: 2007 (Alternate)

Authors: Andrew L. Erdman

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This work reveals the often racy, ribald, and sexually charged nature of the vaudeville stage, looking at a broad array of provocative performers from disrobing dancers to nude posers to skimpily dressed athletes. Examining the ways in which big-time vaudeville nonetheless managed to market itself as pure, safe, and morally acceptable, this work compares the industry's marketing and promotional practices to those of other emergent mass-marketers of the vaudeville era in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Included are in-depth examinations of important figures from the vaudeville stage such as Annette Kellerman and Eva Tanguay. The work attempts to address historical context as…

Book details

List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date: 2/13/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 0.42" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English

Andrew L. Erdman is the author of Blue Vaudeville: Sex, Morals, and the Mass Marketing of Entertainment, 1895-1915 . He lives in New York City.