The most American thing in America : circuit Chautauqua as performance /

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Between 1904 and the Great Depression, Circuit Chautauquas toured the rural United States, reflecting and reinforcing its citizens' ideas, attitudes, and politics every summer through music (the Jubilee Singers, an African American group, were not always welcome in a time when millions of Ameri...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Canning, Charlotte, 1964-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2005.
Series:Studies in theatre history and culture.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Chautauquas.
Popular culture > United States > History > 20th century.
Culture populaire > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Chautauquas
Popular culture
Chautauqua
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • America on the platform
  • Community on the platform
  • The platform in the tent
  • Performance on the platform: oratory
  • Performance on the platform: theater.

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