Staging race : black performers in turn of the century America /

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Staging Race casts a spotlight on the generation of black artists who came of age between 1890 and World War I in an era of Jim Crow segregation and heightened racial tensions. As public entertainment expanded through vaudeville, minstrel shows, and world's fairs, black performers, like the sta...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sotiropoulos, Karen, 1963-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, 2008.
Edición:1st Harvard Univ. Press pbk. ed.
Temas:
1800-1999
African Americans in the performing arts.
Performing arts > Political aspects > United States > 19th century.
Performing arts > Political aspects > United States > 20th century.
Noirs américains dans les arts du spectacle.
Arts du spectacle > Aspect politique > États-Unis > 19e siècle.
Arts du spectacle > Aspect politique > États-Unis > 20e siècle.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
Performing Arts. > African Americans in the performing arts > History.
African Americans in the performing arts
Performing arts > Political aspects
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Politics, Not Minstrelsy
  • 1 Minstrel Men and the Worldâ€?s Fair
  • 2 Vaudeville Stages and Black Bohemia
  • 3 The “Coon Crazeâ€? and the Search for Authenticity
  • 4 “No Place Like Homeâ€?: Africa on Stage
  • 5 Morals, Manners, and Stage Life
  • 6 Black Bohemia Moves to Harlem
  • Coda: Hokum Redux
  • Notes
  • Index

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