02727nam 2200601 450 991078722370332120231214234158.00-8131-8479-70-8131-5074-4(CKB)3710000000333816(EBL)1914930(SSID)ssj0001431852(PQKBManifestationID)11852431(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001431852(PQKBWorkID)11385475(PQKB)11117766(OCoLC)647135838(MdBmJHUP)muse43708(Au-PeEL)EBL1914930(CaPaEBR)ebr11009863(CaONFJC)MIL691999(OCoLC)900343915(MiAaPQ)EBC1914930(EXLCZ)99371000000033381620150203h19651965 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAmerican vaudeville as ritual /Albert F. McLean, JrLexington, Kentucky :University Press of Kentucky,1965.©19651 online resource (288 p.)Includes index.1-322-60717-6 0-8131-3429-3 Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 223-238)Cover; Title; Copyright; Preface; Contents; One: The Symbolism of Vaudeville; Two: Evolution of a Ritual; Three: The New Folk and Their Heroes; Four: From Sin to Sociology; Five: The Mechanics of Fantasy; Six: The New Humor; Seven: A Modern Totemism and Sorcery; Eight: The Playlets; Nine: The Palaces; Ten: The Patterns of Ritual Meaning; Notes; A Note on the Sources; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; YThis study affords an entirely new view of the nature of modern popular entertainment. American vaudeville is here regarded as the carefully elaborated ritual serving the different and paradoxical myth of the new urban folk. It demonstrates that the compulsive myth-making faculty in man is not limited to primitive ethnic groups or to serious art, that vaudeville cannot be dismissed as meaningless and irrelevant simply because it fits neither the criteria of formal criticism or the familiar patterns of anthropological study. Using the methods for criticism developed by Susanne K. Langer and otherVaudevilleUnited StatesPopular cultureUnited StatesVaudevillePopular culture792.7McLean Albert F.1467756MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787223703321American vaudeville as ritual3678551UNINA