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
Auteur principal: Effinger-Crichlow, Marta
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2014]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Migration, Internal.
African Americans > Migrations.
African American women > Social conditions.
African American women entertainers.
African American women.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
Femmes artistes du spectacle noires americaines.
African American women > West (U.S.) > History.
Migration, Internal > United States > History > 19th century.
African American women > West (U.S.) > Social conditions.
West United States.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
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 (264 pages).
ISBN:9781607323129

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