The American Negro Theatre and the Long Civil RIghts Era /

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"Jonathan Shandell provides the first in-depth study of the historic American Negro Theatre (ANT) and its lasting influence on American popular culture. Founded in 1940 in Harlem, the ANT successfully balanced expressions of African American consciousness with efforts to gain white support for...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Shandell, Jonathan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
American Negro Theatre.
African Americans in the performing arts.
Theater and society > United States > History > 20th century.
African American theater > History > 20th century.
Theater and society.
Race relations.
African American theater.
Noirs americains dans les arts du spectacle.
Theâtre et societe > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Theâtre noir americain > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > History > 20th century.
United States > Race relations > 20th century.
United States.
New York (State) > New York > Harlem.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > 20e siecle.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"Jonathan Shandell provides the first in-depth study of the historic American Negro Theatre (ANT) and its lasting influence on American popular culture. Founded in 1940 in Harlem, the ANT successfully balanced expressions of African American consciousness with efforts to gain white support for the burgeoning civil rights movement. The theatre company featured innovative productions with emerging artists--Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Ruby Dee, and many others--who would become giants of stage, film, and television. In 1944, the ANT made theatrical history by creating the smash hit Anna Lucasta, the most popular play with an African American cast ever to perform on Broadway. Starting from a shoestring budget, the ANT grew into one of the most important companies in the history of African American theatre. Though the group folded in 1949, it continued to shape American popular culture through the creative work of its many talented artists. Examining oral histories, playbills, scripts, production stills, and journalistic accounts, Shandell gives us the most complete picture to date of the theatre company by analyzing well-known productions alongside groundbreaking and now-forgotten efforts. Shedding light on this often-overlooked chapter of African American history, which fell between the New Negro Renaissance and the Black Arts Movement, Shandell reveals how the ANT became a valued community institution for Harlem--an important platform for African American artists to speak to racial issues--and a trailblazer in promoting integration and interracial artistic collaboration in the U.S. In doing so, Shandell also demonstrates how a small amateur ensemble of the 1940s succeeded in challenging, expanding, and transforming how African Americans were portrayed in the ensuing decades. The result is a fascinating and entertaining examination that will be of interest to scholars and students of African American and American studies and theatre history, as well as popular culture enthusiasts." -- Publisher's description.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (231 pages): illustrations ;
ISBN:9781609385958

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