Andrew L. Erdman

Beautiful (eBook, ePUB)

The Story of Julian Eltinge, America's Greatest Female Impersonator

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Beautiful is a biography of Julian Eltinge, a female impersonator and major cultural figure who has been appropriated as, variously, a gay icon, a highly-closeted turncoat, and a emblem of an era when many of our contemporary ideas about sex and gender were just beginning to take shape.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780197696354
• Artikelnr.: 72274990

Autorenporträt

Andrew L. Erdman is a writer living and working in the New York City area. He is the author of Queen of Vaudeville: The Story of Eva Tanguay and has also written comedy for the stage, TV, and online platforms. He has a doctorate in theatre studies from the City University of New York, a master's in social work from Yeshiva University, and psychoanalytic training from the Contemporary Freudian Society.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction "Merely a Man"
Chapter 1: A "Cute Little Beaute from Butte, Montana" (But actually, from Boston)
Chapter 2: Mr. Simplicity, or a Cadet-Turned-Chorus-Girl
Chapter 3: Mr. Wix of .. Vaudeville
Chapter 4: "George M." Is for Minstrel
Chapter 5: Fascinating Stardom
Chapter 6: From Crinoline to Celluloid
Chapter 7: Impersonating in the USA, 1919
Chapter 8: The Twenties
Chapter 9: The Velvet Inquisition