May Irwin: singing, shouting, and the shadow of minstrelsy
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&...
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| Zusammenfassung: | 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. - Sharon Ammen is professor emerita of theatre at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, Indiana. (Klappentext) "Before Sophie Tucker "corked up" to entertain her audiences with ragtime songs in Negro dialect, and before Fanny Brice stumbled into the footlights in her rendition of the "Dying Swan," May Irwin (1862-1938) was the reigning queen of comedy and "coon" songs on the American stage. This project, the first serious study of May Irwin, traces the comedic performer's colorful and successful career and also examines the strategies that Irwin employed to maintain both popularity and power while stepping far outside traditionally defined boundaries of late nineteenth-century womanhood. Ammen considers the content and style of Irwin's comedy; her repertoire and status as a "coon shouter"; her position as a celebrated cook and homemaker; and her social and political activities. Irwin's career began as a singing act with her younger sister, Flora, when May was 12. The Irwin Sisters achieved enough success over the next few years to gain a regular spot at Tony Pastor's popular theatre in New York City. After six years with Pastor, May, then 21, struck out on her own and went to work for Augustin Daly's stock company, where she developed her comedic and improvisational skills. By the 1890s she was established as a star on the vaudeville circuit as well as the legitimate stage and a few films. In addition to her theatrical work, both onstage and as a manager, Irwin was also known as an accomplished homemaker and loving mother; a political activist; a real estate tycoon; a prolific composer of songs; and the writer of many articles as well as a popular cookbook"... |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | xi, 252 Seiten, 20 ungezählte Seiten Bildtafeln Illustrationen, Notenbeispiele |
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| spelling | Ammen, Sharon 1951- Verfasser (DE-588)1138251526 aut May Irwin singing, shouting, and the shadow of minstrelsy Sharon Ammen Urbana ; Chicaco ; Springfield University of Illinois Press [2017] © 2017 xi, 252 Seiten, 20 ungezählte Seiten Bildtafeln Illustrationen, Notenbeispiele txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Music in American life Includes bibliographical references and index 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. - Sharon Ammen is professor emerita of theatre at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, Indiana. (Klappentext) "Before Sophie Tucker "corked up" to entertain her audiences with ragtime songs in Negro dialect, and before Fanny Brice stumbled into the footlights in her rendition of the "Dying Swan," May Irwin (1862-1938) was the reigning queen of comedy and "coon" songs on the American stage. This project, the first serious study of May Irwin, traces the comedic performer's colorful and successful career and also examines the strategies that Irwin employed to maintain both popularity and power while stepping far outside traditionally defined boundaries of late nineteenth-century womanhood. Ammen considers the content and style of Irwin's comedy; her repertoire and status as a "coon shouter"; her position as a celebrated cook and homemaker; and her social and political activities. Irwin's career began as a singing act with her younger sister, Flora, when May was 12. The Irwin Sisters achieved enough success over the next few years to gain a regular spot at Tony Pastor's popular theatre in New York City. After six years with Pastor, May, then 21, struck out on her own and went to work for Augustin Daly's stock company, where she developed her comedic and improvisational skills. By the 1890s she was established as a star on the vaudeville circuit as well as the legitimate stage and a few films. In addition to her theatrical work, both onstage and as a manager, Irwin was also known as an accomplished homemaker and loving mother; a political activist; a real estate tycoon; a prolific composer of songs; and the writer of many articles as well as a popular cookbook"... Irwin, May 1862-1938 Criticism and interpretation Irwin, May 1862-1938 (DE-588)113156569X gnd rswk-swf Geschichte gnd rswk-swf MUSIC / History & Criticism bisacsh PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies bisacsh Geschichte Minstrel shows United States History Minstrel music United States History and criticism MUSIC / History & Criticism PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies Minstrel show (DE-588)4170087-9 gnd rswk-swf USA USA (DE-588)4078704-7 gnd rswk-swf (DE-588)4006804-3 Biografie gnd-content Irwin, May 1862-1938 (DE-588)113156569X p DE-604 USA (DE-588)4078704-7 g Minstrel show (DE-588)4170087-9 s Geschichte z Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe 978-0-252-09909-0 http://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/ToC/9780252082153TOC.pdf Inhaltsverzeichnis |
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| title | May Irwin singing, shouting, and the shadow of minstrelsy |
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