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100 1 $aKrasner, David,$d1952-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97023266
245 12 $aA beautiful pageant :$bAfrican American theatre, drama, and performance in the Harlem Renaissance, 1910-1927 /$cDavid Krasner.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2002.
300 $axii, 370 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $gCh. 1.$tAfrican American Performance in the Harlem Renaissance --$gPt. I.$t1910-1918.$gCh. 2.$tMen in Black and White: Race and Masculinity in the Heavyweight Title Fight of 1910.$gCh. 3.$tExoticism, Dance, and Racial Myths: Modern Dance and the Class Divide in the Choreography of Aida Overton Walker and Ethel Waters.$gCh. 4.$t"The Pageant Is the Thing": Black Nationalism and The Star of Ethiopia --$gPt. II.$tBlack Drama.$gCh. 5.$tWalter Benjamin and the Lynching Play: Mourning and Allegory in Angelina Weld Grimke's Rachel.$gCh. 6.$tMigration, Fragmentation, and Identity: Zora Neale Hurston's Color Struck and the Geography of the Harlem Renaissance.$gCh. 7.$tThe Wages of Culture: Alain Locke and the Folk Dramas of Georgia Douglas Johnson and Willis Richardson --$gPt. III.$t1918-1927.$gCh. 8.$t"In the Whirlwind and the Storm": Marcus Garvey and the Performance of Black Nationalism.$gCh. 9.$tWhose Role Is It, Anyway?: Charles Gilpin and the Harlem Renaissance.
505 80 $gCh. 10.$t"What Constitutes a Race Drama and How May We Know It When We Find It?": The Little Theatre Movement and the Black Public Sphere.$gCh. 11.$tShuffle Along and the Quest for Nostalgia: Black Musicals of the 1920s.$gCh. 12.$tConclusion: The End of "Butter Side Up"
520 1 $a"The Harlem Renaissance was the time when Harlem came alive with theatre, drama, sports, dance and politics.
520 8 $aDavid Krasner paints a vibrant portrait of the exciting years 1910 to 1927 and the diverse events they encompassed: the prizefight between Jack Johnson and Jim "White Hope" Jeffries; the first glimpse of new dance styles pioneered by Aida Overton Walker and Ethel Waters; the social significance of Zora Neale Hurston's play, Color Struck; and the extravagant productions of Star of Ethiopia pageants that emphasized African heritage.
520 8 $aThese were the fertile years when the residents of northern Manhattan were at the vanguard of artistic ferment, leading their downtown counterparts while at the same time playing a pivotal role in one of the most important political movements of the twentieth century: black nationalism."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aAmerican drama$xAfrican American authors$xHistory and criticism.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009114004
650 0 $aAfrican Americans in the performing arts$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aAfrican American theater$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aPerforming arts$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aAmerican drama$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xIntellectual life.
650 0 $aTheater$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xHistory$y20th century.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008112860
650 0 $aAmerican drama$y20th century$xHistory and criticism.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100766
651 0 $aHarlem (New York, N.Y.)$xIntellectual life.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans in literature.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85002009
650 0 $aHarlem Renaissance.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85058929
852 00 $bglx$hPS338.N4$iK73 2002
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