The immigrant scene : ethnic amusements in New York, 1880-1920

Publication Data

• Title The immigrant scene : ethnic amusements in New York, 1880-1920
• Author Sabine Haenni
• Publisher University of Minnesota Press
• Publication date 2008
• Publication location Minneapolis, Minn.
• Language English

Contents

Mobile metropolis : urban circulation, modern media, moving publics
A community of consumers : legitimate hybridity, German American theater, and the American public
The drama of performance : early Italian and Yiddish theatrical cultures
Filming Chinatown : fake visions, bodily transformations, narrative crises
Alien intimacies, urban crowds : screening immigrants on Broadway
Coda : from New York to California.

Topics

• Ethnic theater :: New York (State) :: New York :: History :: 19th century
• Ethnic theater :: New York (State) :: New York :: History :: 20th century
• Immigrants in motion pictures
• 014772325

The immigrant scene : ethnic amusements in New York, 1880-1920 by Sabine Haenni. ISBN 9780816649822. Published by University of Minnesota Press in 2008. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.