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Author:   Sunny Stalter-Pace
Publisher:   Northwestern University Press
Imprint:   Northwestern University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.30cm
Weight:   0.366kg
ISBN:  

9780810141919

ISBN 10:   0810141914
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   30 May 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Learning How to Copy, 1883-1906 Chapter 1: A Ballet Girl in San Francisco Chapter 2: Teaming Up with Max Hoffmann Chapter 3: A Woman Stage Manager Part II: Solo Imitations, 1906-1909 Chapter 4: Imitative Caricatures Chapter 5: Women's Rivalry and Copyright Chapter 6: A Vision of Salome Part III: Producing Revues, 1910-1914 Chapter 7: Gertrude Hoffmann's Review Chapter 8: Pirating the Ballets Russes Chapter 9: Mainstream Modernism Chapter 10: All-American Artist Part IV: New Directions, 1914-1923 Chapter 11: Grecian Dance, Pantomime, and Silent Film Chapter 12: Snake Acts and Other Wartime Spectacles Chapter 13: Just Drifting Chapter 14: From Advanced Vaudeville to Cabaret Part V: Offstage, 1923-1966 Chapter 15: The Gertrude Hoffmann Girls, At Home and Abroad Chapter 16: Modern Dance and Floor Shows Chapter 17: Remembering Conclusion Biography  Notes Index

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Drawing on extensive archival research and writing in lively and economical prose, Stalter-Pace reveals Gertrude Hoffman to have been a major figure in nearly every popular performance tradition of the early twentieth century, from blackface minstrelsy and Orientalist appropriation to early modern dance and the Americanization of ballet to the emergence of the white chorus line. The book will appeal to anyone interested in U.S. performance history, celebrity culture, racialized femininity, and theories of imitation. --Anthea Kraut, author of Choreographing Copyright: Race, Gender, and Intellectual Property Rights in American Dance Gertrude Hoffmann's entire career is of major importance to American dance and popular theater. Stalter-Pace has done admirable research on all aspects of Hoffmann's life and career, making it cohesive by emphasizing Hoffmann's understanding of how to link her performances to their audiences. --Barbara Cohen-Stratyner, author of Ned Wayburn and the Dance Routine Early-twentieth century theatrical innovator Gertrude Hoffmann gets some long-overdue recognition in Sunny Stalter-Pace's delightful new biography. Writing with the verve that characterized Hoffmann's dynamic performance style, Stalter-Pace takes readers on a journey through Hoffmann's personal and professional history as a Broadway choreographer, dancer, director, producer, and imitation artist. We meet a woman who wasn't afraid to flout convention, challenge taboos, and assert her rights as an artist. --Marlis Schweitzer, author of When Broadway Was the Runway: Theater, Fashion, and American Culture

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Sunny Stalter-Pace is the Hargis Associate Professor of American Literature at Auburn University. She is the author of Underground Movements: Modern Culture on the New York Subway.

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