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04270aam a22005298i 4500 001 F088CD4E019D11E89C78220097128E48 003 SILO 005 20180125010234 008 160830t20172017iluaf b s001 0deng 010 $a 2016024718 020 $a 025208215X 020 $a 9780252082153 020 $a 0252040651 020 $a 9780252040658 035 $a (OCoLC)946903470 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d BDX $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d SPI $d NYP $d OBE $d KSU $d NDD $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- $0 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/geographicAreas/n-us 050 00 $a PN1969.M5 $b A46 2017 082 00 $a 791/.120973 $2 23 084 $a SOC001000 $a PER011020 $a SOC001000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Ammen, Sharon, $d 1951- $e author. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2016047234 245 10 $a May Irwin : $b singing, shouting, and the shadow of minstrelsy / $c Sharon Ammen. 246 30 $a Singing, shouting, and the shadow of minstrelsy 264 1 $a Urbana : $b University of Illinois Press, $c [2017] 300 $a xi, 252 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a Music in American life 520 $a "Before Sophie Tucker "corked up" to entertain her audiences with ragtime songs in Negro dialect, and before Fanny Brice stumbled into the footlights in her rendition of the "Dying Swan," May Irwin (1862-1938) was the reigning queen of comedy and "coon" songs on the American stage. This project, the first serious study of May Irwin, traces the comedic performer's colorful and successful career and also examines the strategies that Irwin employed to maintain both popularity and power while stepping far outside traditionally defined boundaries of late nineteenth-century womanhood. Ammen considers the content and style of Irwin's comedy; her repertoire and status as a "coon shouter"; her position as a celebrated cook and homemaker; and her social and political activities. Irwin's career began as a singing act with her younger sister, Flora, when May was 12. The Irwin Sisters achieved enough success over the next few years to gain a regular spot at Tony Pastor's popular theatre in New York City. After six years with Pastor, May, then 21, struck out on her own and went to work for Augustin Daly's stock company, where she developed her comedic and improvisational skills. By the 1890s she was established as a star on the vaudeville circuit as well as the legitimate stage and a few films. In addition to her theatrical work, both onstage and as a manager, Irwin was also known as an accomplished homemaker and loving mother; a political activist; a real estate tycoon; a prolific composer of songs; and the writer of many articles as well as a popular cookbook"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-238) and index. 505 0 $a Introduction : May and me -- Never were there such devoted sisters -- Stardom -- The profoundly troubling history of the coon song -- The "only one boss bully" -- Unbounded domesticity -- Causes and compromise -- The road to rainbow's end -- Epilogue : me and May. 600 10 $a Irwin, May, $d 1862-1938 $x Criticism and interpretation. 600 17 $a Irwin, May, $d 1862-1938. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00427328 650 0 $a Minstrel shows $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Minstrel music $z United States $x History and criticism. 650 7 $a MUSIC / History & Criticism. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Minstrel music. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01023489 650 7 $a Minstrel shows. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01023491 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411635 $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411635 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411628 $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411628 830 0 $a Music in American life. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n42017239 941 $a 2 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718092722.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180125014902.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F088CD4E019D11E89C78220097128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search