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Performing Culture
Putting on a costume is the simple act at the heart most commercial entertainment. Whether the performer is on a stage, or playing the piano among family and friends, they usually speaking words written by someone else, words designed to create a specific image of the world. Some performers pretend to be someone else, others perform aspects of their own culture that they no longer use in everyday life. Either way, cultural performances shape how audiences view the world, even as audiences bring their own ideas to the performance.
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- Item 1 of 8Tippecanoe, the Hero of North Bend
- Item 2 of 8Death of Custer
- Item 3 of 8Agricultural building at night, from northwest, 1893 World's Fair
- Item 4 of 8Letter certifying Christina Olson as Turkish performer at World's Columbian Exposition, 1893
- Item 5 of 8Mary MacLane
- Item 6 of 8A Night in Bohemia: Dill Pickle Masked Ball
- Item 7 of 8A Tale of Three Actors
- Item 8 of 8American Indian Center, 5th Annual American Indian Pow-Wow
Tippecanoe, the Hero of North Bend
New York: Thomas Birch, 1840. Box 162, Whig folder, James Francis Driscoll Collection, Newberry Library.
View in archiveDeath of Custer
Siegel, Cooper & Co. View in archiveAgricultural building at night, from northwest, 1893 World's Fair
Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942In Jackson's Famous Pictures of the World's Fair (Chicago: White City Art Co., 1895).
View in archiveLetter certifying Christina Olson as Turkish performer at World's Columbian Exposition, 1893
Christina Olson Papers, 1891-1918, Midwest Dance Collection, Miscellaneous, folder 3, Newberry Library.
View in archiveA Night in Bohemia: Dill Pickle Masked Ball
Dill Pickle Club Records, Box 1, Folder 19, Newberry Library.
View in archiveA Tale of Three Actors
Morris, JimJack Conroy Papers, Series 4, Box 51, Folder 2019 (Turkel, Studs), Newberry Library.
View in archiveAmerican Indian Center, 5th Annual American Indian Pow-Wow
Virgil J. Vogel Research and Personal Papers, Box 17, Folder 22, Newberry Library.
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