02901nam 2200637 450 991078720960332120200520144314.00-8131-9199-80-8131-4980-0(CKB)3710000000333867(EBL)1914986(SSID)ssj0001402019(PQKBManifestationID)12528481(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001402019(PQKBWorkID)11357684(PQKB)10217995(OCoLC)933516001(MdBmJHUP)muse43775(Au-PeEL)EBL1914986(CaPaEBR)ebr11011630(CaONFJC)MIL690729(OCoLC)900344360(MiAaPQ)EBC1914986(EXLCZ)99371000000033386720150206h20081999 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFrom Mae to Madonna women entertainers in twentieth-century America /June SochenPaperback edition.Lexington, Kentucky :The University Press of Kentucky,2008.©19991 online resource (251 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-322-59447-3 0-8131-2112-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Introduction; 1 Black Women Vaudevillians; 2 Bawdy Women Entertainers; 3 Entertainer as Reformer; 4 Women Movie Stars as Role Models; 5 Child Stars; 6 Minority Women in Popular Culture; 7 Women Comics; 8 Change within Continuity; Epilogue: Where Are We Now?; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; ZEntertainers were the first group of successful women to capture the public eye, taking to the stage in vaudeville and film and redefining their place in society. June Sochen introduces the white, African American, and Latina women who danced on Broadway, fell on bananas in silent films, and wisecracked in smoky clubs, as well as the modern icons of today's movies and popular music. Sochen considers such women as Mae West, Bette Davis, Shirley Temple, Lucille Ball, and Mary Tyler Moore to discover what show business did for them and what they did for the world of entertainment. She uses the liWomen entertainersUnited StatesBiographyWomen in motion picturesWomen on televisionWomen entertainersWomen in motion pictures.Women on television.791/.082/0973Sochen June1937-1510701MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787209603321From Mae to Madonna3766278UNINA