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Reexamining American Vaudeville: Male Impersonation, Baby Jane Hudson, and The Large Butch Crooner

Squire, Emma M
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1469017910

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2016, Master of Arts, Miami University, Theatre.
This thesis argues that the reality of vaudeville in its heyday was very different from the sorts of performances the label is associated with today. This is done in part by examining the career of Kitty Doner, the leading male impersonator of her generation. The 1962 movie, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane, is reexamined, highlighting its misinterpretation of vaudeville and the supposed reasons for its demise. Finally, a queer genealogy is structured to assert a new label of queer women performance, the Large Butch Crooners. This thesis, using queer and feminist theories and methodologies works to reimagine American vaudeville in the twenty-first-century, as well as looking for new ways to center women performers in its larger histories.
Katelyn Wood, Dr. (Advisor)
Elizabeth Reitz-Mullenix, Dr. (Committee Co-Chair)
Paul Jackson, Dr. (Committee Member)
Kathleen Johnson, Dr. (Committee Member)
67 p.
Gender Studies; Performing Arts; Theater History; Theater Studies
Vaudeville; Male Impersonation; Queer Performance; Twentieth-Century American Theatre History

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  • Squire, E. M. (2016). Reexamining American Vaudeville: Male Impersonation, Baby Jane Hudson, and The Large Butch Crooner [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1469017910

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Squire, Emma. Reexamining American Vaudeville: Male Impersonation, Baby Jane Hudson, and The Large Butch Crooner. 2016. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1469017910.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Squire, Emma. "Reexamining American Vaudeville: Male Impersonation, Baby Jane Hudson, and The Large Butch Crooner." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1469017910

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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