{"product_id":"imitation-artist-sunny-stalter-pace-9780810141919","title":"Imitation Artist: Gertrude Hoffmann's Life in Vaudeville and Dance","description":"Gertrude Hoffmann made her name in the early twentieth century as an imitator, copying highbrow performances staged in Europe and popularizing them for a broader American audience. Born in San Francisco, Hoffmann started working as a ballet girl in pantomime spectacles during the Gay Nineties. She performed through the heyday of vaudeville and later taught dancers and choreographed nightclub revues. After her career ended, she reflected on how vaudeville's history was represented in film and television. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drawn from extensive archival research, \u003ci\u003eImitation Artist\u003c\/i\u003e shows how Hoffmann's life intersected with those of central gures in twentieth-century popular culture and dance, including Florenz Ziegfeld, George M. Cohan, Isadora Duncan, and Ruth St. Denis. Sunny Stalter-Pace discusses the ways in which Hoffmann navigated the complexities of performing gender, race, and national identity at the dawn of contemporary celebrity culture. This book is essential reading for those interested in the history of theater and dance, modernism, women's history, and copyright.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sunny Stalter-Pace\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0810141914\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780810141919\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Northwestern University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 6.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2021","brand":"Sunny Stalter-Pace","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43941082235135,"sku":"9780810141919","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_3f0dd851-7855-4580-87fe-1c63adef6ee4.jpg?v=1681450804","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/imitation-artist-sunny-stalter-pace-9780810141919","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}