The comedy and legacy of music-hall women 1880-1920: brazen impudence and boisterous vulgarity
Authored Book
Beale, S. 2020. The comedy and legacy of music-hall women 1880-1920: brazen impudence and boisterous vulgarity. Switzerland Palgrave MacMillian.
Type | Authored Book |
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Title | The comedy and legacy of music-hall women 1880-1920: brazen impudence and boisterous vulgarity |
Authors | Beale, S. |
Abstract | This book explores the comedy and legacy of women working as performers on the music-hall stage from 1880–1920, and examines the significance of their previously overlooked contributions to British comic traditions. Focusing on the under-researched female ‘serio-comic’, the study includes six micro-histories detailing the acts of Ada Lundberg, Bessie Bellwood, Maidie Scott, Vesta Victoria, Marie Lloyd and Nellie Wallace. Uniquely for women in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, these pioneering performers had public voices. The extent to which their comedy challenged Victorian and Edwardian perceptions of women is revealed through explorations of how they connected with popular audiences while also avoiding censorship. Their use of techniques such as comic irony and stereotyping, self-deprecation, and comic innuendo are considered alongside the work of contemporary stand-up comedians and performance artists including Bridget Christie, Bryony Kimmings, Sara Pascoe, Shazia Mirza and Sarah Silverman. |
Keywords | Comedy studies |
Research Group | Theatre Arts group |
Series | Palgrave Studies in Comedy |
ISBN | |
Hardcover | 9783030479404 |
Electronic | 9783030479411 |
Paperback | 9783030479435 |
ISSN | 2731-4332 |
Electronic | 2731-4340 |
Edition | 1 |
Publisher | Palgrave MacMillian |
Place of publication | Switzerland |
Publication dates | |
05 Sep 2020 | |
Online | 05 Sep 2020 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 02 Nov 2020 |
Output status | Published |
Web address (URL) | https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783030479404 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47941-1 |
Language | English |
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