"Vaudeville Indians" on global circuits, 1880s-1930s

"Vaudeville Indians" on global circuits, 1880s-1930s / Christine Bold.

"Drawing from little-known archives, Christine Bold brings to light forgotten histories of Indigenous performers in vaudeville and, by extension, popular culture and modernity. Vaudeville was both a forerunner of modern mass entertainment and a rich site of popular Indigenous performance and no...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bold, Christine, 1955- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2022]
Series:Henry Roe Cloud series on American Indians and modernity.
Subjects:
Vaudeville > United States.
Indians in popular culture > United States > History > 19th century.
Indians in popular culture > United States > History > 20th century.
Entertainers > United States > History > 19th century.
Entertainers > United States > History > 20th century.
History
Table of Contents:
  • Vaudeville Under the Sign of "the Indian"
  • 1st Vaudeville Number : Will Rogers Makes His Rope Speak
  • Go-won-go Mohawk, "Aboriginally Yours"
  • 2nd Vaudeville Number : Princess Watahwaso and Young Chief Poolaw Sing "Indian Love Call"
  • Princess White Deer, Her Family, and Her Show Blanket
  • 3rd Vaudeville Number : Molly Spotted Elk Does the Charleston with John Ford's the Iron Horse
  • How Princess Chinquilla Found Herself in Montana
  • 4th Vaudeville Number : Princess Wahletka Shifts Race and Reads Minds
  • Chester Dieck, "Winnetou on a Bicycle"
  • Conclusion.

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