White people do not know how to behave at entertainments designed for ladies & gentlemen of colour : William Brown's African & American theater / / Marvin McAllister

• Autore: McAllister Marvin Edward <1969->
• Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2003
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (252 p.)
• Disciplina: 792/.089/9607307471
• Soggetto topico: African American theater - New York (State) - New York - History - 19th century
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-231) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments ix --Introduction 1 --1. -- Late-Night Pleasure Garden for People of Color -- NOAH'S AFRICAN GROVE -- 11 --2. -- Hung Be the Heavens with Black -- TOWARD A MINOR THEATER -- 39 --3. -- American Taste and Genius -- BUILDING AN AMERICAN THEATER -- 67 --4. -- Tom and Jerry Meets Three-Fingered Jack -- THE AFRICAN COMPANY'S BALANCING ACT -- 103 5. In Fear of His Opposition -- EURO-NEW YORK REACTS -- 131 --Conclusion: To Be-or Not to Be 167 --Notes 185 -- Bibliography 213 -- Index 233.
• Sommario/riassunto: An exploration of the career of William Brown, a 19th-century free man of colour, who pioneered theatrical spaces for black New Yorkers, hitherto denied access to whites-only venues. The text explores these intercultural, multiracial environments and investigates negative white reactions.
• Titolo autorizzato: White people do not know how to behave at entertainments designed for ladies & gentlemen of colour
• ISBN: 979-88-908741-3-9; 0-8078-6260-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823342103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II