Blue Vaudeville

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

Andrew L. Erdman

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English

McFarland & Co Inc
13 February 2007

Variety shows, music hall, cabaret; Sociology: sport & leisure

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 one means of understanding these performers with an appreciation for their rebelliousness. It discusses censorship and content control in the vaudeville era, and concludes with an analysis of film's part in the fall of vaudeville. Many photographs, cartoons, and other illustrations are included.

By: Andrew L. Erdman
Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 178mm, Spine: 11mm
Weight: 367g
ISBN: 9780786431151
ISBN 10: 0786431156
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 13 February 2007
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , ELT Advanced , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Author and scholar Andrew L. Erdman’s essays have appeared in Theatre Studies, The Psychoanalytic Review, The Theatre Annual, The American Journal of Psychoanalysis and elsewhere. He lives in California.

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

“recommended”—Choice; “persuasive...book has plenty of things to recommend it...illustrations are well-chosen...writing is lively, clear, and free from theory-speak”—Theatre Survey.