Racing the Great White Way : Black Performance, Eugene O'Neill, and the Transformation of Broadway /

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The early drama of Eugene O'Neill, with its emphasis on racial themes and conflicts, opened up extraordinary opportunities for Black performers to challenge racist structures in modern theater and cinema. By adapting O'Neill's dramatic text-changing scripts to omit offensive epithets,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Johnson, Katie N. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, [2023]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
O'Neill, Eugene, > 1888-1953.
PERFORMING ARTS / General
Theater.
Black people in the theater.
African Americans in the performing arts.
PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Direction & Production.
PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism.
Theater > United States > History > 20th century.
Black people in the theater > United States > History > 20th century.
African Americans in the performing arts > History > 20th century.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1: The Emperor's Remains
  • Chapter 2: An Algerian in Paris
  • Chapter 3: Broadway's First Interracial Kiss
  • Chapter 4: Racing Operatic Emperors
  • Chapter 5: Racing the Cut: Black to Ireland
  • Conclusion: What Remains?

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