Performing the temple of liberty : slavery, theater, and popular culture in London and Philadelphia, 1760-1850 / / Jenna M. Gibbs |
Autore | Gibbs Jenna M. <1961-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Baltimore, Maryland : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (328 p.) |
Disciplina | 792.09421/09033 |
Collana | Early America: History, Context, Culture |
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 |
ISBN | 1-4214-1339-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786930203321 |
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Performing the temple of liberty : slavery, theater, and popular culture in London and Philadelphia, 1760-1850 / / Jenna M. Gibbs |
Autore | Gibbs Jenna M. <1961-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Baltimore, Maryland : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (328 p.) |
Disciplina | 792.09421/09033 |
Collana | Early America: History, Context, Culture |
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 |
ISBN | 1-4214-1339-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828122803321 |
Gibbs Jenna M. <1961->
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The Philadelphia Mummers : building community through play / / Patricia Anne Masters |
Autore | Masters Patricia |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 232 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map |
Disciplina |
306.484
394/.50974811 |
Soggetto topico |
Parades - History - Philadelphia - Pennsylvania
New Year - History - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia |
ISBN |
1-282-04739-6
1-59213-611-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 From Play to Play Community: The Early Years of the Mummers Parade; 2 Expanding the Play Community: The Contemporary Parade; 3 Blacks, Women, and the "New" Immigrants: The Mummers and Diversity; Photo gallery follows page 94; 4 "Going Up the Street": The Experience of the Parade; 5 Rituals and the Play Community; 6 Family, Club, and Neighborhood; 7 The Experience of Play; 8 The Mummers Past and Future; APPENDIX Research Methods and Materials: The Ethnographic Challenge; NOTES; REFERENCES; INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782446703321 |
Masters Patricia
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Rum punch & revolution [[electronic resource] ] : taverngoing & public life in eighteenth-century Philadelphia / / Peter Thompson |
Autore | Thompson Peter <1960-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c1999 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (296 p.) |
Disciplina | 974.8/1102 |
Collana | Early American studies |
Soggetto topico |
Taverns (Inns) - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - History - 18th century
Political culture - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - History - 18th century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-21220-X
9786613212207 0-8122-0428-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1. "For Strangers and Workmen" -- 2 "Contrived for Entertainment" -- 3 "Company Divided into Committees". -- 4. "OfGreat Presumption" -- 5 "Counci1s afState" -- Epilogue -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- General Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457466403321 |
Thompson Peter <1960->
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Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c1999 | ||
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Rum punch & revolution [[electronic resource] ] : taverngoing & public life in eighteenth-century Philadelphia / / Peter Thompson |
Autore | Thompson Peter <1960-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c1999 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (296 p.) |
Disciplina | 974.8/1102 |
Collana | Early American studies |
Soggetto topico |
Taverns (Inns) - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - History - 18th century
Political culture - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - History - 18th century |
ISBN |
1-283-21220-X
9786613212207 0-8122-0428-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1. "For Strangers and Workmen" -- 2 "Contrived for Entertainment" -- 3 "Company Divided into Committees". -- 4. "OfGreat Presumption" -- 5 "Counci1s afState" -- Epilogue -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- General Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781735003321 |
Thompson Peter <1960->
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Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c1999 | ||
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