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Author Sotiropoulos, Karen, 1963-

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

Imprint Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2006.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  791.08996 So77s 2006    ---  Available
Description xiii, 288 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Politics, not minstrelsy -- Minstrel man and the world's fair -- Vaudeville stages and black Bohemia -- The "coon craze" and the search for authenticity -- "No place like home": Africa on stage -- Morals, manners, and stage life -- Black Bohemia moves to Harlem -- Coda: Hokum redux.
Subject African Americans in the performing arts.
Performing arts -- Political aspects -- United States -- 19th century.
Performing arts -- Political aspects -- United States -- 20th century.
ISBN 0674019407
9780674019409
Standard No. IG# 0674019407
YDXCP 2220484
NZ1 9710608

 
    
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