Performing the temple of liberty : slavery, theater, and popular culture in London and Philadelphia, 1760-1850 / / Jenna M. Gibbs

• Autore: Gibbs Jenna M. <1961->
• Pubblicazione: Baltimore, Maryland : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (328 p.)
• Disciplina: 792.09421/09033
• Soggetto topico: Theater - England - London - History - 18th century; Theater - England - London - History - 19th century; Theater - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - History - 18th century; Theater - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - History - 19th century; Slave trade in the theater
• Soggetto geografico: London (England) Social life and customs; Philadelphia (Pa.) Social life and customs
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: Slave-trade abolition: pageantry, parody, and the goddess of liberty (1800s- 1820s) -- Celebrating Columbia, mother of the white republic -- Abolitionist britannia and the blackface supplicant slave -- Spreading liberty to Africa -- Part 2. Introduction: emancipation and political reform: burlesque, picaresque, and the great experiment (1820s-1830s) -- Blackface freedom: life in London, life in Philadelphia -- Transatlantic travelers, slavery, and Charles Mathew's "Black fun" -- Part 3. Introduction: Radical abolitionism, revolt, & revolution: Spartacus and the blackface minstrel (1830s-1850s) -- Spartacus, Jim Crow, and the Black jokes of revolt -- Revolutionary brotherhood: Black Spartacus, Black hercules, and the wage slave -- Conclusion: Uncle Tom, the eighteenth-century revolutionary legacy, and historical memory.
• Titolo autorizzato: Performing the temple of liberty
• ISBN: 1-4214-1339-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910828122803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Early America: History, Context, Culture