Staging migrations toward an American West : from Ida B. Wells to Rhodessa Jones /

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Staging Migrations toward an American West examines how black women's theatrical and everyday performances of migration toward the American West expose the complexities of their struggles for sociopolitical emancipation. While migration is often viewed as merely a physical process, Effinger-Cri...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Effinger-Crichlow, Marta
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2014]
Sujets:
1800-1899
African American women > West (U.S.) > Social conditions.
African Americans > Migrations.
African American women entertainers.
Migration, Internal > United States > History > 19th century.
African American women > West (U.S.) > History.
Femmes artistes du spectacle noires américaines.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
African American women.
African American women > Social conditions.
Migration, Internal.
United States.
West United States.
History.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:Staging Migrations toward an American West examines how black women's theatrical and everyday performances of migration toward the American West expose the complexities of their struggles for sociopolitical emancipation. While migration is often viewed as merely a physical process, Effinger-Crichlow expands the concept to include a series of symbolic internal journeys within confined and unconfined spaces. Four case studies consider how the featured women-activist Ida B. Wells, singer Sissieretta ""Black Patti" Jones, World War II black female defense-industry workers, and performance artist
Description matérielle:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781607323129
1607323125
1492012637
9781492012634

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