1st Edition
Reverberations of Culture Racialized Performance in Early Twentieth-Century Musical Variety by Just a Buncha Clowns
Acknowledgements
Introduction: The Clowns Are Not All White: Reconsidering the “All-‘American’” Practice of Racialized Musical Variety Performance
Chapter 1. “Everybody Was Colored except the Boss”: Black Faces and Other Masks
Chapter 2. “There Is No Such Thing” as Chinese Vaudeville: The Chop Suey-ness of Chinese American Musical Variety
Chapter 3. The Marvelous Mexican American Carpas: ¡”Una historia tan maravillosa que es casi imposible creerla”!
Chapter 4. “The American Dream Gone Berserk”: Country Comedy and Third-Class Pride
Conclusion. The Musical Variety “Outlook on American Life” Has Never (ever) Been All White
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Shane Breaux holds a PhD in Theatre and Performance from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. In addition to his work as a dramaturg, playwright, and performer, he has published writing on African American theatre and performance, and comedic racialized performances in early 20th century vaudeville and variety shows. Shane is proud to note that from kindergarten through PhD, he is a product of the US public education system.
