LEADER 02798nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910818294603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-674-04387-1 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674043879 035 $a(CKB)1000000000787162 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH23050904 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000250430 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11193475 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000250430 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10232032 035 $a(PQKB)10916844 035 $a(DE-B1597)457771 035 $a(OCoLC)1049627617 035 $a(OCoLC)1054869907 035 $a(OCoLC)979832580 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674043879 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300070 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000787162 100 $a20050617d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aStaging race $eblack performers in turn of the century America /$fKaren Sotiropoulos 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cHarvard University Press$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (xiii, 288 p. )$cill., ports 300 $aOriginally published: 2006. 311 $a0-674-02760-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tIllustrations --$tAcknowledgments --$tINTRODUCTION. Politics, Not Minstrelsy --$t1. Minstrel Men and the World's Fair --$t2. Vaudeville Stages and Black Bohemia --$t3. The "Coon Craze" and the Search for Authenticity --$t4. "No Place Like Home": Africa on Stage --$t5. Morals, Manners, and Stage Life --$t6. Black Bohemia Moves to Harlem --$tCODA: Hokum Redux --$tNotes Index --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aDrawing 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. 606 $aAfrican Americans in the performing arts 606 $aPerforming arts$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States$y19th century 606 $aPerforming arts$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States$y20th century 615 0$aAfrican Americans in the performing arts. 615 0$aPerforming arts$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aPerforming arts$xPolitical aspects 676 $a791.08996073 700 $aSotiropoulos$b Karen$f1963-$01755812 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910818294603321 996 $aStaging race$94192763 997 $aUNINA