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



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Autore: McAllister Marvin Edward <1969-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: White people do not know how to behave at entertainments designed for ladies & gentlemen of colour : William Brown's African & American theater / / Marvin McAllister Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 979-88-908741-3-9
0-8078-6260-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910823342103321
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