LEADER 02727nam 2200601 450 001 9910787223703321 005 20231214234158.0 010 $a0-8131-8479-7 010 $a0-8131-5074-4 035 $a(CKB)3710000000333816 035 $a(EBL)1914930 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001431852 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11852431 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001431852 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11385475 035 $a(PQKB)11117766 035 $a(OCoLC)647135838 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse43708 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1914930 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11009863 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL691999 035 $a(OCoLC)900343915 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1914930 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000333816 100 $a20150203h19651965 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAmerican vaudeville as ritual /$fAlbert F. McLean, Jr 210 1$aLexington, Kentucky :$cUniversity Press of Kentucky,$d1965. 210 4$dİ1965 215 $a1 online resource (288 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-322-60717-6 311 $a0-8131-3429-3 320 $aBibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 223-238) 327 $aCover; 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; Y 330 $aThis 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 other 606 $aVaudeville$zUnited States 606 $aPopular culture$zUnited States 615 0$aVaudeville 615 0$aPopular culture 676 $a792.7 700 $aMcLean$b Albert F.$01467756 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787223703321 996 $aAmerican vaudeville as ritual$93678551 997 $aUNINA