Queen of vaudeville : the story of Eva Tanguay / Andrew L. Erdman.
Profiles the early twentieth-century vaudeville star who became nationally known for her trend-setting performances and brazen personality, highlighting the historical significance of her sexually-forward performance style.
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Ithaca :
Cornell University Press,
2012.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : the most famous performer in America
- Freak baby and the paper city
- The Sambo girl in New York
- I don't care
- The cyclonic comedienne, or, Genius properly advertised
- Riding Salome to the top
- Battling Eva : rivals, imitators, and censors
- Follies and fortunes
- Men and other travails
- Mrs. John Ford
- The wild girl
- Knockdowns and comebacks
- and knockdowns
- Death and other endings
- Epilogue : George Jessel and Darryl Zanuck don't care
- Eva Tanguay chronology.