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Kibler, M. Alison. "Female Varieties: Gender and Cultural Hierarchy on the Keith Vaudeville Circuit, 1890-1925," American Studies Program, University of Iowa, August 1994.
This project focuses on the often explosive nexus of gender and cultural hierarchy in the vaudeville audience, female performers’ acts and careers, and the vaudeville labor movement. The vaudeville industry attempted to attract a mass audience and raise its status by incorporating performers from such “high” and “low” venues. The variety of players on the stage and social groups in the audience was one source of controversy about the proper ordering of cultural hierarchy and the limits of women’s public spectacles. Along with exploring the influence of cultural hierarchy in the construction of the vaudeville audience and the labor movement, this dissertation focuses on three performers who moved into vaudeville after and during careers in other entertainment industries: Julia Arthur, the Elinore Sisters, and Ruth Budd.
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