Untertitel:
Adah Isaacs Menken and the Birth of American Celebrity
Autor:
Renee Sentilles, Ren E. M. Sentilles
Herausgeber:
Cambridge University Press
Erscheinungsdatum:
14.05.2014
Klappentext
This study relates the experiences of controversial actress and poet Adah Isaacs Menken to the culture of the Civil War period which significantly affected her life achievements. The book explores the roots of the cult of celebrity that emerged from the crucible of war, while discussing Menken's racial and ethnic claims and her performance in relationship to gender and sexuality. It focuses on the contemporary use of social categories to explain patterns in America's past and considers why such categories remain important.
Zusammenfassung
Performing Menken, first published in 2003, uses the life experiences of controversial actress and poet Adah Isaacs Menken to examine the culture of the Civil War period. It discusses Menken's racial and ethnic claims and her performance of gender and sexuality in the context of the social categories of her day.
Inhalt
1. Playing Deborah; 2. Playing the Pugilist's Wife; 3. Performing Mazeppa; 4. Performing Menken; 5. Among the Bohemians; 6. Becoming Mazeppa; 7. Becoming the Menken; 8. Finale; 9. Remember and rewriting Menken.
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