| Description |
xii, 475 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-453) and index. |
| Contents |
Our bodies, our/selves: racial phantasmagoria and cultural struggle -- The escape artist: Henry Box Brown, black abolitionist performance, and moving panoramas of slavery -- The deeds done in my body: performance, black(ened) women, and Adah Isaacs Menken in the racial imaginary -- Alien/nation: re-imagining the black body (politic) in Williams and Walker's In Dahomey -- Divas and diasporic consciousness: song, dance, and new negro womanhood in the veil -- Epilogue: theater, black women, and change. |
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African Americans in the performing arts.
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African Americans in the performing arts. |
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African American theater -- History -- 19th century.
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African American theater. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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African American theater -- History -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Brown, Henry Box, 1815 or 1816-
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Brown, Henry Box, 1815 or 1816- |
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Hopkins, Pauline E. (Pauline Elizabeth) -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Hopkins, Pauline E. (Pauline Elizabeth) |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Negers. |
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Menselijk lichaam. |
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Voorstellingen (uitvoerende kunsten) |
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Verenigde Staten. |
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Brown, Henry Box, né 1816. |
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Hopkins, Pauline E. (Pauline Elizabeth) -- Critique et interprétation. |
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Noirs américains dans les arts du spectacle. |
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Théâtre noir américain -- Histoire -- 19e siècle. |
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Théâtre noir américain -- Histoire -- 20e siècle. |
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Theater. |
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Schwarze. |
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USA. |
| ISBN |
082233710X cloth alkaline paper |
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9780822337102 cloth alkaline paper |
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0822337223 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780822337225 paperback alkaline paper |
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