LEADER 03603oam 22005774a 450 001 9910156243003321 005 20170914133013.0 010 $a0-252-09909-5 035 $a(CKB)3710000000978990 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4792714 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001724036 035 $a(OCoLC)957696722 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse57041 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000978990 100 $a20160830d2016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aMay Irwin $eSinging, Shouting, and the Shadow of Minstrelsy /$fSharon Ammen 210 1$aUrabana, Chicago, Springfield, [Illinois] :$cUniversity of Illinois Press,$d2017. 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (223 pages) $cillustrations 225 0 $aMusic in American life 300 $aPreviously issued in print: 2016. 311 $a0-252-08215-X 311 $a0-252-04065-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $a"Before Sophie Tucker "corked up" to entertain her audiences with ragtime songs in Negro dialect, and before Fanny Brice stumbled into the footlights in her rendition of the "Dying Swan," May Irwin (1862-1938) was the reigning queen of comedy and "coon" songs on the American stage. This project, the first serious study of May Irwin, traces the comedic performer's colorful and successful career and also examines the strategies that Irwin employed to maintain both popularity and power while stepping far outside traditionally defined boundaries of late nineteenth-century womanhood. Ammen considers the content and style of Irwin's comedy; her repertoire and status as a "coon shouter"; her position as a celebrated cook and homemaker; and her social and political activities. Irwin's career began as a singing act with her younger sister, Flora, when May was 12. The Irwin Sisters achieved enough success over the next few years to gain a regular spot at Tony Pastor's popular theatre in New York City. After six years with Pastor, May, then 21, struck out on her own and went to work for Augustin Daly's stock company, where she developed her comedic and improvisational skills. By the 1890s she was established as a star on the vaudeville circuit as well as the legitimate stage and a few films. In addition to her theatrical work, both onstage and as a manager, Irwin was also known as an accomplished homemaker and loving mother; a political activist; a real estate tycoon; a prolific composer of songs; and the writer of many articles as well as a popular cookbook"--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aMusic in American life. 606 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies$2bisacsh 606 $aPERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism$2bisacsh 606 $aMUSIC / History & Criticism$2bisacsh 606 $aMinstrel music$zUnited States$xHistory and criticism 606 $aMinstrel shows$zUnited States$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 7$aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies. 615 7$aPERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism. 615 7$aMUSIC / History & Criticism. 615 0$aMinstrel music$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aMinstrel shows$xHistory. 676 $a791.120973 686 $aMUS020000$aPER011020$aSOC001000$2bisacsh 700 $aAmmen$b Sharon$f1951-$01246323 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910156243003321 996 $aMay Irwin$92889890 997 $aUNINA