The Strange Career of Porgy and Bess : Race, Culture, and America's Most Famous Opera

Created by George Gershwin and DuBose Heyward and sung by generations of black performers, Porgy and Bess has been both embraced and reviled since its debut in 1935. Ellen Noonan examines the opera's long history of invention and reinvention as a barometer of twentieth-century American expectat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Noonan, Ellen
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Gershwin, George > 1898-1937 > Porgy and Bess
Gershwin, George, > 1898-1937. > Porgy and Bess.
Heyward, DuBose, > 1885-1940. > Porgy.
Heyward, DuBose, > 1885-1940. > Porgy and Bess.
Porgy and Bess (Heyward, DuBose)
Porgy and Bess (Gershwin, George)
Rasrelationer i operan.
Ethnische Identität
Race relations.
Race in opera.
Music and race.
African Americans in popular culture.
PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > History & Criticism.
MUSIC > Printed Music > Opera & Classical Scores.
MUSIC > Genres & Styles > Opera.
Noirs americains dans la culture populaire > 20e siecle.
Race à l'opera.
Musique et race.
African Americans in popular culture > 20th century.
USA.
South Carolina > Charleston.
Charleston (S.C.) > Race relations.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Created by George Gershwin and DuBose Heyward and sung by generations of black performers, Porgy and Bess has been both embraced and reviled since its debut in 1935. Ellen Noonan examines the opera's long history of invention and reinvention as a barometer of twentieth-century American expectations about race, culture, and the struggle for equality. Expertly weaving together the wide-ranging debates over the original novel, Porgy, and its adaptations on stage and film with a history of its intimate ties to Charleston, The Strange Career of Porgy and Bess uncovers the complexities behind one of.
Physical Description:1 online resource (440 pages).
ISBN:9781469600253

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