How Long to Read Champagne Charlie and Pretty Jemima

How Long Does it Take to Read Champagne Charlie and Pretty Jemima?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 3 minutes to read Champagne Charlie and Pretty Jemima by Gillian M Rodger

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

In this rich, imaginative survey of variety musical theater, Gillian M. Rodger masterfully chronicles the social history and class dynamics of the robust, nineteenth-century American theatrical phenomenon that gave way to twentieth-century entertainment forms such as vaudeville and comedy on radio and television. Fresh, bawdy, and unabashedly aimed at the working class, variety honed in on its audience's fascinations, emerging in the 1840s as a vehicle to accentuate class divisions and stoke curiosity about gender and sexuality. Cross-dressing acts were a regular feature of these entertainments, and Rodger profiles key male impersonators Annie Hindle and Ella Wesner while examining how both gender and sexuality gave shape to variety. By the last two decades of the nineteenth century, variety theater developed into a platform for ideas about race and whiteness. As some in the working class moved up into the middling classes, they took their affinity for variety with them, transforming and broadening middle-class values. Champagne Charlie and Pretty Jemima places the saloon keepers, managers, male impersonators, minstrels, acrobats, singers, and dancers of the variety era within economic and social contexts by examining the business models of variety shows and their primarily white, working-class urban audiences. Rodger traces the transformation of variety from sexualized entertainment to more family-friendly fare, a domestication that mirrored efforts to regulate the industry, as well as the adoption of aspects of middle-class culture and values by the shows' performers, managers, and consumers.

How long is Champagne Charlie and Pretty Jemima?

Champagne Charlie and Pretty Jemima by Gillian M Rodger is 296 pages long, and a total of 75,776 words.

This makes it 100% the length of the average book. It also has 93% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Champagne Charlie and Pretty Jemima Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 54 minutes to read Champagne Charlie and Pretty Jemima aloud.

What Reading Level is Champagne Charlie and Pretty Jemima?

Champagne Charlie and Pretty Jemima is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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