03046nam 22006615 450 991045536420332120210111224618.00-674-04387-110.4159/9780674043879(CKB)1000000000787162(StDuBDS)AH23050904(SSID)ssj0000250430(PQKBManifestationID)11193475(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000250430(PQKBWorkID)10232032(PQKB)10916844(DE-B1597)457771(OCoLC)1049627617(OCoLC)1054869907(OCoLC)979832580(DE-B1597)9780674043879(MiAaPQ)EBC3300070(EXLCZ)99100000000078716220190708d2009 fg engur|||||||||||txtccrStaging Race Black Performers in Turn of the Century America /Karen SotiropoulosCambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2009]©20061 online resource (xiii, 288 p. ) ill., portsOriginally published: 2006.0-674-02760-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION. Politics, Not Minstrelsy -- 1. Minstrel Men and the World's Fair -- 2. Vaudeville Stages and Black Bohemia -- 3. The "Coon Craze" and the Search for Authenticity -- 4. "No Place Like Home": Africa on Stage -- 5. Morals, Manners, and Stage Life -- 6. Black Bohemia Moves to Harlem -- CODA: Hokum Redux -- Notes Index -- Notes -- IndexDrawing extensively on black newspapers and commentary of the period, Karen Sotiropoulos shows how black performers and composers participated in a politically charged debate about the role of the expressive arts in the struggle for equality. Despite the racial violence, disenfranchisement, and the segregation of virtually all public space, they used America's new businesses of popular entertainment as vehicles for their own creativity and as spheres for political engagement.Performing ArtsAfrican Americans in the performing artsHistoryeflchPerforming artsPolitical aspectsUnited StatesHistoryRace discriminationUnited StatesDramaHILCCMusic, Dance, Drama & FilmHILCCUnited StatesRace relationsElectronic books.lcshPerforming Arts.African Americans in the performing artsHistory.Performing artsPolitical aspectsHistory.Race discriminationDramaMusic, Dance, Drama & Film791.08996073Sotiropoulos Karen, 1044289DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910455364203321Staging Race2469840UNINA