LEADER 05441nam 2200865 a 450 001 9910734340203321 005 20121129125713.0 010 $a9780472904044 010 $a0472904043 010 $a9780472026968 010 $a0472026968 024 7 $a10.3998/mpub.1175684 035 $a(CKB)3170000000046632 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000631014 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11370444 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000631014 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10590552 035 $a(PQKB)10692428 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000605788 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12273692 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000605788 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10575570 035 $a(PQKB)11396485 035 $a(OCoLC)794700528 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse9762 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5119645 035 $a(MiU)10.3998/mpub.1175684 035 $a(EXLCZ)993170000000046632 100 $a20091208d2010 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBulldaggers, pansies, and chocolate babies $eperformance, race, and sexuality in the Harlem Renaissance /$fJames F. Wilson 210 1$aAnn Arbor :$cUniversity of Michigan Press,$d2010. 215 $a1 online resource (ix, 260 p. :)$cill. ; 225 1 $aTriangulations: lesbian/gay/queer theater/drama/performance 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780472117253 311 08$a0472117254 311 08$a9780472034895 311 08$a0472034898 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: "It's getting dark on old Broadway" -- "Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer": parties, performances, and privacy in the "other" Harlem Renaissance(s) -- "Harlem on my mind": New York's black belt on the Great White Way -- "That's the kind of gal I am": drag balls, "sexual perversion," and David Belasco's Lulu Belle -- "Hottentot potentates": the potent and hot performances of Florence Mills and Ethel Waters -- "In my well of loneliness": Gladys Bentley's Bulldykin' blues -- Conclusion: "you've seen Harlem at its best". 330 $aBulldaggers, Pansies, and Chocolate Babies shines the spotlight on historically neglected plays and performances that challenged early twentieth-century notions of the stratification of race, gender, class, and sexual orientation. On Broadway stages, in Harlem nightclubs and dance halls, and within private homes sponsoring rent parties, African American performers of the 1920s and early 1930s teased the limits of white middle-class morality. Blues-singing lesbians, popularly known as "bulldaggers," performed bawdy songs; cross-dressing men vied for the top prizes in lavish drag balls; and black and white women flaunted their sexuality in scandalous melodramas and musical revues. Race leaders, preachers, and theater critics spoke out against these performances that threatened to undermine social and political progress, but to no avail: mainstream audiences could not get enough of the riotous entertainment. 330 $aJames F. Wilson has based his rich cultural history on a wide range of documents from the period, including eyewitness accounts, newspaper reports, songs, and play scripts, combining archival research with an analysis grounded in a cultural studies framework that incorporates both queer theory and critical race theory. Throughout, he argues against the widely held belief that the stereotypical forms of black, lesbian, and gay show business of the 1920s prohibited the emergence of distinctive new voices. Figuring prominently in the book are African American performers including Gladys Bentley, Ethel Waters, and Florence Mills, among others, and prominent writers, artists, and leaders of the era, including Langston Hughes, Wallace Thurman, Zora Neale Hurston, and W. E. B. Du Bois. The study also engages with contemporary literary critics, including Henry Louis Gates and Houston Baker. 410 0$aTriangulations: lesbian/gay/queer theater/drama/performance. 606 $aAmerican drama$xAfrican American authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAmerican drama$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAfrican Americans in the performing arts$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aTheater$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aAfrican Americans$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xIntellectual life 606 $aHarlem Renaissance 606 $aAfrican Americans in literature 606 $aRace in literature 606 $aSex in the theater 607 $aHarlem (New York, N.Y.)$xIntellectual life$y20th century 615 0$aAmerican drama$xAfrican American authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAmerican drama$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAfrican Americans in the performing arts$xHistory 615 0$aTheater$xHistory 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xIntellectual life. 615 0$aHarlem Renaissance. 615 0$aAfrican Americans in literature. 615 0$aRace in literature. 615 0$aSex in the theater. 676 $a812/.5209896073 700 $aWilson$b James F$0309624 801 0$bMiU 801 1$bMiU 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910734340203321 996 $aBulldaggers, pansies, and chocolate babies$93401490 997 $aUNINA