Performing Menken: Adah Isaacs Menken and the Birth of American Celebrity (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521527606)

This study relates the experiences of controversial actress and poet Adah Isaacs Menken to the culture of the Civil War period which significantly affected her life achievements. The book explores the roots of the cult of celebrity that emerged from the crucible of war, while discussing Menken's racial and ethnic claims and her performance in relationship to gender and sexuality. It focuses on the contemporary use of social categories to explain patterns in America's past and considers why such categories remain important.

Author: Ren馥 M. Sentilles
ISBN-10: 0521527600
ISBN-13: 9780521527606
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/19/2012
Pages: 326
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.06lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.73d