Acknowledgments -- Introduction: "the people's art" in the modern world -- Sex, savagery, and the woman who made vaudeville famous -- "Making a woman of himself" : Julian Eltinge and the hyperwhite lady -- "She is what she aint" : Lillyn Brown and the meaning of black male -- Impersonation -- "The Jewish girl with the colored voice" : Sophie Tucker and the sound -- And shape of transgression -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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