Entertaining the Empire: London Music Hall and the Export of Britishness

Entertaining the Empire: London Music Hall and the Export of Britishness Comic songs and sketches created in London traversed the British empire in the half century before the First World War. The amateurs and professionals who performed them in colonial venues resemblingthose at Home transformed an inane popular culture into a bulwark of an increasingly racialised British overseas identity. -- . Autor: Andrew Horrall Wydawnictwo: Manchester University Press Rok wydania: 2025 Okładka: twarda Liczba stron: 280 Wymiary: 23.4 x 15.6 x 1.7 cm Język: angielski ISBN: 9781526188892