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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Monod, David (1960-....)
Titre(s) : The soul of pleasure [Texte imprimé] : sentiment and sensation in nineteenth-century american mass entertainment / David Monod
Publication : Ithaca (N.Y.) : Cornell University Press, 2016
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (X-295 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr. p. 247-287. Index
"Show business is today so essential to American culture it's hard to imagine a time
when it was marginal. But as David Monod demostrates, the appetite for amusements
outside the home was not "natural": it developed slowly over the course of the nineteenth
century. The Soul of Pleasure offers a new interpretation of how the taste for entertainment
was cultivated. Monod focuses on the shifting connection between the people who built
successful popular entertainments and the public who consumed them. Show people discovered
that they had to adapt entertainment to the moral outlook of Americans, which they
did by appealing to sentiment. The Soul of Pleasure explores several controversial
forms of popular culture--minstrel acts, burlesques, and saloon variety shows--and
places them in the context of changing values and perceptions"--Jacket
Autre(s) forme(s) du titre :
- Autre forme du titre : The soul of pleasure : sentiment and sensation in 19th century
american mass entertainment
Sujet(s) : Sentiments -- Dans la culture populaire -- États-Unis -- 19e siècle
Spectacles et divertissements -- États-Unis -- 19e siècle
Culture de masse -- États-Unis -- 19e siècle
Indice(s) Dewey :
791.097 3 (23e éd.) = Spectacles - États-Unis
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781501702389 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb457890455
Notice n° :
FRBNF45789045
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Enter sentimentality : the origins of the entertainment revolution ; Laugh and grow
fat : minstrelsy and burlesque ; Looking through : sentimental aesthetics ; The
democratization of entertainment : the concert saloons ; Any dodge is fair to raise
a good sensation : the danger and promise of sensationalism ; Art with the effervescence
of ginger beer : the creation of vaudeville ; Spectacle and nostalgia on the road
: traveling shows.