Babylon GirlsBabylon Girls is a groundbreaking cultural history of the African American women who performed in variety showschorus lines, burlesque revues, cabaret acts, and the likebetween 1890 and 1945. Through a consideration of the gestures, costuming, vocal techniques, and stagecraft developed by African American singers and dancers, Jayna Brown explains how these women shaped the movement and style of an emerging urban popular culture. In an era of U. S. and