02987nam 2200637 a 450 991078631940332120200520144314.01-4696-0025-00-8078-3733-4(CKB)2670000000277061(EBL)1076064(OCoLC)819070474(SSID)ssj0000784339(PQKBManifestationID)12327832(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000784339(PQKBWorkID)10764243(PQKB)10823648(MiAaPQ)EBC1076064(OCoLC)966790971(MdBmJHUP)muse48633(Au-PeEL)EBL1076064(CaPaEBR)ebr10628390(CaONFJC)MIL929987(OCoLC)823386013(EXLCZ)99267000000027706120120424d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe strange career of Porgy and Bess[electronic resource] race, culture, and America's most famous opera /Ellen NoonanChapel Hill University of North Carolina Press20121 online resource (440 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4696-1753-6 0-8078-3716-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.A romance of Negro life : Porgy, 1925 -- Interlude : Charleston, 1680-1900 -- A chocolate-covered lithograph strip : Porgy, 1927 -- Interlude : Charleston, 1920 -1940 -- Gershwin's idea of what a Negro opera should be : Porgy and Bess, 1935 -- Neither the measure of America nor that of the Negro : Porgy and Bess, 1952-1956 -- Interlude : Charleston, 1940-1960 -- Forget any version you may have seen before : Porgy and Bess, 1959-2012 -- Epilogue : Charleston, 1970-2005.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. In this comprehensive account, 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. In its surprising endurance lies a myriad of local, national, and international stories.For black performers and commentators, Porgy and Bess was a nexus for debates about cultural representation andMusic and raceRace in operaAfrican Americans in popular culture20th centuryCharleston (S.C.)Race relationsMusic and race.Race in opera.African Americans in popular culture782.1Noonan Ellen1966-1484967MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786319403321The strange career of Porgy and Bess3703844UNINA