Baggy pants comedy : burlesque and the oral tradition
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PN1942 .D275 2011
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PN1942 .D275 2011
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| Location | Call Number | Status |
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| General Shelving - 3rd Floor | PN1942 .D275 2011 | On Shelf |
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xiii, 288 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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English
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-269) and index.
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"Baggy Pants Comedy takes readers inside the burlesque houses of Depression-era America to explore the role of comedy in a show remembered mostly for strip-tease. It examines how burlesque comics, straightmen, and talking women approached the craft of comedy, working in a genre that relied not on scripts but on a remembered tradition of comedy bits that circulated orally. The book opens a long-neglected area of American folklore, presenting dozens of fondly-remembered routines like "Who's On First" and "Niagara Falls (Slowly I Turned)," as well as long-forgotten classics in print for the first time"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Davis, A. (2011). Baggy pants comedy: burlesque and the oral tradition . Palgrave Macmillan.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Davis, Andrew, 1952-. 2011. Baggy Pants Comedy: Burlesque and the Oral Tradition. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Davis, Andrew, 1952-. Baggy Pants Comedy: Burlesque and the Oral Tradition New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Davis, A. (2011). Baggy pants comedy: burlesque and the oral tradition. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Davis, Andrew. Baggy Pants Comedy: Burlesque and the Oral Tradition Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
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