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200 14$aThe strange career of Porgy and Bess$b[electronic resource] $erace, culture, and America's most famous opera /$fEllen Noonan
210   $aChapel Hill $cUniversity of North Carolina Press$d2012
215   $a1 online resource (440 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aA 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.
330   $aCreated 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 and
606   $aMusic and race
606   $aRace in opera
606   $aAfrican Americans in popular culture$y20th century
607   $aCharleston (S.C.)$xRace relations
608   $aElectronic books.
615  0$aMusic and race.
615  0$aRace in opera.
615  0$aAfrican Americans in popular culture
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700   $aNoonan$b Ellen$f1966-$01044658
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