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Author

Noonan, Ellen, 1966-

Title The strange career of Porgy and Bess [electronic resource] : race, culture, and America's most famous opera / Ellen Noonan.

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Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2012.

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Available to Pittsburg State University patrons only.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	xiii, 423 p.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	A romance of Negro life : Porgy, 1925 -- Interlude : Charleston, 1680-1900 -- A chocolate-covered lithograph strip : Porgy, 1927 -- Interlude : Charleston, 1920 -1940 -- Gershwin's idea of what a Negro opera should be : Porgy and Bess, 1935 -- Neither the measure of America nor that of the Negro : Porgy and Bess, 1952-1956 -- Interlude : Charleston, 1940-1960 -- Forget any version you may have seen before : Porgy and Bess, 1959-2012 -- Epilogue : Charleston, 1970-2005.
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject	Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Porgy and Bess.
	Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940. Porgy and Bess.
	Music and race.
	Race in opera.
	African Americans in popular culture -- 20th century.
	Charleston (S.C.) -- Race relations.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN	9780807837160 (cloth : alk. paper)
	9780807837337 (electronic bk.)