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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Krasner, David, 1952- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2002.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	American drama > African American authors > History and criticism. African Americans in the performing arts > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century. African American theater > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century. Performing arts > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century. American drama > New York (State) > New York > History and criticism. African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Intellectual life. Theater > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century. American drama > 20th century > History and criticism. Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Intellectual life. African Americans in literature. Harlem Renaissance. Théâtre américain > Auteurs noirs américains > Histoire et critique. Noirs américains dans les arts du spectacle > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siècle. Théâtre noir américain > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siècle. Arts du spectacle > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siècle. Théâtre américain > New York (État) > New York > Histoire et critique. Noirs américains > New York (État) > New York > Vie intellectuelle. Théâtre américain > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique. Noirs américains dans la littérature. African American theater. African Americans in the performing arts. African Americans > Intellectual life. American drama. American drama > African American authors. Intellectual life. Performing arts. Theater. New York (State) > New York. New York (State) > New York > Harlem. Harlem renaissance Aufführung Theater Schwärze African Americans in the performing arts > New York (State) > New York. African American theater > New York (State) > New York. Theater > New York (State) > New York. 1900-1999 Geschichte 1910-1927 Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
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Table of Contents:

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
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."