{"product_id":"street-scenes-esther-romeyn-9780816645220","title":"Street Scenes: Staging the Self in Immigrant New York, 1880-1924","description":"The turn of the twentieth century in New York City was characterized by radical transformation as the advent of consumer capitalism confronted established social hierarchies, culture, and conceptions of selfhood. The popular stage existed in a symbiotic relationship with the city and uniquely captured the contested terms of immigrant identity of the time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eStreet Scenes\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on the intersection of modern city life and stage performance. From street life and slumming to vaudeville and early cinema, to Yiddish theater and blackface comedy, Esther Romeyn discloses racial comedy, passing, and masquerade as gestures of cultural translation. In these performances she detects an obsession with the idea of the city as theater and the self as actor, which was fueled by the challenges that consumer capitalism presented to notions of an \"authentic\" self. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It was exactly this idea of \"authentic\" immigrant selfhood that was at stake in many performances on the popular stage, and Romeyn ultimately demonstrates how these diverse and potent immigrant works influenced the emergence of a modern metropolitan culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Esther Romeyn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816645221\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816645220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 6.00w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2009 pg. 79","brand":"Esther Romeyn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44829718085887,"sku":"9780816645220","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8eeb17e7-9691-43b0-be68-bfd356c9f804.jpg?v=1708451466","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/street-scenes-esther-romeyn-9780816645220","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}