American writer and psychotherapist
Andrew Lee Erdman (born 1965)[ 1] is an American writer and independent scholar. He is the author of three books: Blue Vaudeville: Sex, Morals, and the Mass Marketing of Amusement, 1895–1915 (McFarland, 2004),[ 2] Queen of Vaudeville: The Story of Eva Tanguay (Cornell University Press, 2012)[ 3] and Beautiful: The Story of Julian Eltinge, America's Greatest Female Impersonator (Oxford University Press, 2024).[ 4]
Erdman was born in 1965 in Brooklyn , New York.[ 1] He received a bachelor's degree from New York University in 1988.[ 1] He earned a doctorate in theatre studies from the City University of New York in 2001, under the supervision of Daniel C. Gerould .[ 5]
^ a b c "Erdman, Andrew L. 1965–" , Contemporary Authors , retrieved 2024-11-21
^ Reviews of Blue Vaudeville :
Kathryn J. Oberdeck (2005), The Journal of American History , doi :10.2307/3660608 , JSTOR 3660608
Ben Urish (2005), The Journal of American Culture , [1]
Leigh Woods (2005), Theatre Survey , doi :10.1017/S0040557405240097
John W. Frick (2006), Nineteenth Century Theatre and Film , doi :10.7227/NCTF.33.1.7
Michael Peterson (2006), Theatre Research International , doi :10.1017/S0307883306282063
Monica Stufft (2006), Theatre Journal , JSTOR 25069858
^ Reviews of Queen of Vaudeville :
Andy Battaglia (2012), "In Brief: Biography ", The Wall Street Journal
Richard Canedo (2012), History News Network , [2]
Maggie Hennefeld (2014), Studies in American Humor , doi :10.5325/studamerhumor.29.126 , JSTOR 10.5325/studamerhumor.29.126
Franklin J. Lasik (2014), Theatre History Studies , doi :10.1353/ths.2014.0034
Publishers Weekly , [3]
^ Reviews of Beautiful :
^ Theatre and Performance Dissertations , City University of New York, retrieved 2024-11-22