Kathleen B Casey
Biographic Data
| ID | 4790250 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kathleen B Casey |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kathleen B |
| FAMILY NAME | Casey |
| SIGNATURE | CASEY K B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Virginia Wesleyan University, Norfolk, Virginia |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7962-4083 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Pickets, Protests and Purses in the American Civil Rights Movement
At first glance, perhaps nothing seems more mundane and apolitical than a purse. But purses have always been much more than a fashion accessory. This article analyses how southern Black women – both the legendary and the lesser known – in the ‘classical’ phase of the Civil Rights Movement used purses to appear as respectable ladies' when their dress and comportment were under close surveillance. Yet they simultaneously used their purses as privat…
Vaudeville and the Making of Modern Entertainment, 1890–1925
Journal Article Vaudeville and the Making of Modern Entertainment, 1890–1925 Get access Vaudeville and the Making of Modern Entertainment, 1890–1925. By David Monod. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2020. xvi, 269 pp. Cloth, $95.00. Paper, $29.95.) Kathleen B Casey Kathleen B Casey Virginia Wesleyan University, Norfolk, Virginia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, …
The Jewish Girl with a Colored Voice”
Sex, Savagery, and the Woman Who Made Vaudeville Famous
Aft er watching Eva Tanguay perform for the fi rst time in Buff alo, New York, around 1912, one critic commented: “Miss Tanguay’s voice contains no more music than a buzz saw, she has no more repose than a mad dog fl eeing before a mob of small boys.”1 It is no coincidence that the curious appellations and adjectives heaped upon Tanguay during her long, recordbreaking career in vaudeville could have more aptly described a wild animal. Tanguay evo…
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The Jewish Girl with a Colored Voice”
Sex, Savagery, and the Woman Who Made Vaudeville Famous
Aft er watching Eva Tanguay perform for the fi rst time in Buff alo, New York, around 1912, one critic commented: “Miss Tanguay’s voice contains no more music than a buzz saw, she has no more repose than a mad dog fl eeing before a mob of small boys.”1 It is no coincidence that the curious appellations and adjectives heaped upon Tanguay during her long, recordbreaking career in vaudeville could have more aptly described a wild animal. Tanguay evo…
Pickets, Protests and Purses in the American Civil Rights Movement
At first glance, perhaps nothing seems more mundane and apolitical than a purse. But purses have always been much more than a fashion accessory. This article analyses how southern Black women – both the legendary and the lesser known – in the ‘classical’ phase of the Civil Rights Movement used purses to appear as respectable ladies' when their dress and comportment were under close surveillance. Yet they simultaneously used their purses as privat…
Vaudeville and the Making of Modern Entertainment, 1890–1925
Journal Article Vaudeville and the Making of Modern Entertainment, 1890–1925 Get access Vaudeville and the Making of Modern Entertainment, 1890–1925. By David Monod. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2020. xvi, 269 pp. Cloth, $95.00. Paper, $29.95.) Kathleen B Casey Kathleen B Casey Virginia Wesleyan University, Norfolk, Virginia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, …
Art (4 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Art history (2 works) · Cinema and Media Studies (2 works) · Entertainment (2 works) · Girl (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works) · Media, Gender, and Advertising (2 works) · Music History and Culture (2 works)