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The Resource A beautiful pageant : African American theatre, drama, and performance in the Harlem Renaissance, 1910-1927, David Krasner

A beautiful pageant : African American theatre, drama, and performance in the Harlem Renaissance, 1910-1927, David Krasner

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Summary
"The Harlem Renaissance was the time when Harlem came alive with theatre, drama, sports, dance and politics. David 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. These 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
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
xii, 370 p., [16] p. of plates
Contents
  • Wages of culture: Alain Locke and the folk dramas of Georgia Douglas Johnson and Willis Richardson
  • PART III. 1918-1927
  • "In the whirlwind and the storm": Marcus Garvey and the performance of black nationalism
  • Whose role is it, anyway?: Charles Gilpin and the Harlem renaissance
  • "What constitutes a race drama and how may we know it when we find it?": the little theatre movement and the black public sphere
  • Shuffle along and the quest for nostalgia: black musicals of the 1920s
  • Conclusion:
  • End of "butter side up."
  • African American performance in the Harlem renaissance
  • PART I. 1910-1918
  • Men in black and white: race and masculinity in the heavyweight title fight of 1910
  • Exoticism, dance, and racial myths: modern dance and the class divide in the choreography of Aida Overton Walker and Ethel Waters
  • "Pageant is the thing": black nationalism and The star of Ethiopia
  • PART II. BLACK DRAMA
  • Walter Benjamin and the lynching play: mourning and allegory in Angelina Weld Grimké's Rachel
  • Migration, fragmentation, and identity: Zora Neale Hurston's Color struck and the geography of the Harlem renaissance
Isbn
9780312295905
Instance
Label
A beautiful pageant : African American theatre, drama, and performance in the Harlem Renaissance, 1910-1927
Title
A beautiful pageant
Title remainder
African American theatre, drama, and performance in the Harlem Renaissance, 1910-1927
Statement of responsibility
David Krasner
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"The Harlem Renaissance was the time when Harlem came alive with theatre, drama, sports, dance and politics. David 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. These 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
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1952-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Krasner, David
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • plates
Index
index present
LC call number
PS338.N4
LC item number
K73 2002
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • American drama
  • African Americans in the performing arts
  • African American theater
  • Performing arts
  • American drama
  • African Americans
  • Theater
  • American drama
  • African Americans in literature
  • Harlem Renaissance
  • Harlem renaissance
  • Theater
  • Aufführung
  • American drama
  • African Americans in the performing arts
  • African American theater
  • American drama
  • African Americans
  • Theater
  • American drama
  • African Americans in literature
  • Harlem Renaissance
  • African American theater
  • African Americans in literature
  • African Americans in the performing arts
  • African Americans
  • American drama
  • American drama
  • Harlem Renaissance
  • Intellectual life
  • Performing arts
  • Theater
  • Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
  • Schwarze
  • Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
  • New York (State)
  • New York (State)
Label
A beautiful pageant : African American theatre, drama, and performance in the Harlem Renaissance, 1910-1927, David Krasner
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Wages of culture: Alain Locke and the folk dramas of Georgia Douglas Johnson and Willis Richardson
  • PART III. 1918-1927
  • "In the whirlwind and the storm": Marcus Garvey and the performance of black nationalism
  • Whose role is it, anyway?: Charles Gilpin and the Harlem renaissance
  • "What constitutes a race drama and how may we know it when we find it?": the little theatre movement and the black public sphere
  • Shuffle along and the quest for nostalgia: black musicals of the 1920s
  • Conclusion:
  • End of "butter side up."
  • African American performance in the Harlem renaissance
  • PART I. 1910-1918
  • Men in black and white: race and masculinity in the heavyweight title fight of 1910
  • Exoticism, dance, and racial myths: modern dance and the class divide in the choreography of Aida Overton Walker and Ethel Waters
  • "Pageant is the thing": black nationalism and The star of Ethiopia
  • PART II. BLACK DRAMA
  • Walter Benjamin and the lynching play: mourning and allegory in Angelina Weld Grimké's Rachel
  • Migration, fragmentation, and identity: Zora Neale Hurston's Color struck and the geography of the Harlem renaissance
Dimensions
25 cm.
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
xii, 370 p., [16] p. of plates
Isbn
9780312295905
Isbn Type
(hbk.)
Lccn
2002025109
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Other physical details
ill.
System control number
  • (OCoLC)49260895
  • (OCoLC)ocm49260895
Label
A beautiful pageant : African American theatre, drama, and performance in the Harlem Renaissance, 1910-1927, David Krasner
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Wages of culture: Alain Locke and the folk dramas of Georgia Douglas Johnson and Willis Richardson
  • PART III. 1918-1927
  • "In the whirlwind and the storm": Marcus Garvey and the performance of black nationalism
  • Whose role is it, anyway?: Charles Gilpin and the Harlem renaissance
  • "What constitutes a race drama and how may we know it when we find it?": the little theatre movement and the black public sphere
  • Shuffle along and the quest for nostalgia: black musicals of the 1920s
  • Conclusion:
  • End of "butter side up."
  • African American performance in the Harlem renaissance
  • PART I. 1910-1918
  • Men in black and white: race and masculinity in the heavyweight title fight of 1910
  • Exoticism, dance, and racial myths: modern dance and the class divide in the choreography of Aida Overton Walker and Ethel Waters
  • "Pageant is the thing": black nationalism and The star of Ethiopia
  • PART II. BLACK DRAMA
  • Walter Benjamin and the lynching play: mourning and allegory in Angelina Weld Grimké's Rachel
  • Migration, fragmentation, and identity: Zora Neale Hurston's Color struck and the geography of the Harlem renaissance
Dimensions
25 cm.
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
xii, 370 p., [16] p. of plates
Isbn
9780312295905
Isbn Type
(hbk.)
Lccn
2002025109
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Other physical details
ill.
System control number
  • (OCoLC)49260895
  • (OCoLC)ocm49260895

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