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02336aam a2200457 a 4500 001 C17C93F87D5211E1A6C2838D6AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20120403010220 008 110425s2011 nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2011017477 020 $a 0230116795 020 $a 9780230116795 035 $a (OCoLC)703209400 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d BWX $d IAD $d BDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a PN1942 $b .D275 2011 082 00 $a 792.7/60973 $2 23 084 $a SOC052000 $a PER019000 $a SOC052000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Davis, Andrew, $d 1952- 245 1 $a Baggy pants comedy : $b burlesque and the oral tradition / $c Andrew Davis. 250 $a 1st ed. 260 $a New York : $b Palgrave Macmillan, $c 2011. 300 $a xiii, 288 p. : $b ill. ; $c 25 cm. 490 1 $a Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history 520 $a "Baggy Pants Comedy takes readers inside the burlesque houses of Depression-era America to explore the role of comedy in a show remembered mostly for strip-tease. It examines how burlesque comics, straightmen, and talking women approached the craft of comedy, working in a genre that relied not on scripts but on a remembered tradition of comedy bits that circulated orally. The book opens a long-neglected area of American folklore, presenting dozens of fondly-remembered routines like "Who's On First" and "Niagara Falls (Slowly I Turned)," as well as long-forgotten classics in print for the first time"--Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 650 0 $a Burlesque (Theater) $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Stand-up comedy $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Comedy sketches $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 7 $a PERFORMING ARTS / Comedy. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a PERFORMING ARTS / Storytelling. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies. $2 bisacsh 830 0 $a Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history. 941 $a 5 952 $l OZAX845 $d 20240525040740.0 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718090434.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20171230060109.0 952 $l UXAX826 $d 20150508032002.0 952 $l OIAX792 $d 20140917011030.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C17C93F87D5211E1A6C2838D6AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search