Irish Stereotypes in Vaudeville, 1865–1905
ISBN: 9781137476623
Platform/Publisher: SpringerLink / Palgrave Macmillan US
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Subjects: Palgrave Theatre & Performance Collection;

Vaudeville is often viewed as the source of some of the crude stereotypes that positioned the Irish immigrant in America as the antithesis of native-born American citizens. Using primary archival material, Mooney argues that the vaudeville stage was an important venue in which an Irish-American identity was constructed, negotiated, and refined.

Jennifer Mooney is an independent scholar working on the history of vaudeville. She received her PhD from the University of Ulster, UK.

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