Staging race : black performers in turn of the century America / / Karen Sotiropoulos

• Autore: Sotiropoulos Karen <1963->
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2006
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 288 p. ) : ill., ports
• Disciplina: 791.08996073
• Soggetto topico: African Americans in the performing arts; Performing arts - Political aspects - United States - 19th century; Performing arts - Political aspects - United States - 20th century
• Note generali: Originally published: 2006.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION. Politics, Not Minstrelsy -- 1. Minstrel Men and the World's Fair -- 2. Vaudeville Stages and Black Bohemia -- 3. The "Coon Craze" and the Search for Authenticity -- 4. "No Place Like Home": Africa on Stage -- 5. Morals, Manners, and Stage Life -- 6. Black Bohemia Moves to Harlem -- CODA: Hokum Redux -- Notes Index -- Notes -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Drawing 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Staging race
• ISBN: 9780674043879; 0674043871
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910958089503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II