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.

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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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Book Title: Irish Stereotypes in Vaudeville, 1865-1905
Authors: Jennifer Mooney
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-47662-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Theatre & Performance Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-48264-8Published: 15 September 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-47662-3Published: 16 September 2015
Series ISSN: 2947-5767
Series E-ISSN: 2947-5775
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 253
Topics: American Culture, European Culture, Film Theory

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Front Matter

Introduction

“Irish by Name”: An Overview of Irish and Ethnic Performance in Vaudeville

Performing Irishness at Tony Pastor’s Opera House, 1865–1874

Representations of Irish Masculinity in Vaudeville

Representations of Irish Women in Vaudeville

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