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Street scenes

Esther Romeyn

2008273 pagesabout 4–6 hours
2008
first published
  • 2008University of Minnesota Press · 273 pages · ENGISBN 9780816645213

'Street Scenes' focuses on the intersection of modern city life and stage performance. From street life and slumming to vaudeville and early cinema, to Yiddish theatre and blackface comedy, Romeyn discloses racial comedy, passing, and masquerade as gestures of cultural translation.

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