The royalty of Negro vaudeville : the Whitman Sisters and the negotiation of race, gender and class in African American theatre, 1900-1940

著者

書誌事項

The royalty of Negro vaudeville : the Whitman Sisters and the negotiation of race, gender and class in African American theatre, 1900-1940

Nadine George-Graves

St. Martin's Press, 2000

1st ed

大学図書館所蔵 件 / 全5件

この図書・雑誌をさがす

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-175) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

The Whitman Sisters were the highest paid act on the Negro Vaudeville Circuit, Theater Owner Booking Association (Toby), and one of the longest surviving touring companies (1899-1942). The group was considered the greatest incubator of dancing talent for Negro shows on or off Toby, and significantly contributed to American theater and dance history. In The Royalty of Negro Vaudeville , Nadine George-Graves provides an historical narrative of their achievements and uses black feminist theories, feminist theories of performance, and theories of class and popular culture to analyze the many layers of performance in which the Whitman Sisters participated, on and off the stage. She shows that these four black women manipulated their race, gender and class to resist hegemonic forces while achieving success. By maintaining a high-class image, they were able to challenge fictions of racial and gender identity.

目次

Preface: Surviving the Silence Introduction Setting the Stage: The Whitman Sisters' Beginnings, Influences and a Performance Reconstruction Race, Gender and Class: The Whitman Sisters and the Politics of Performance and Management Toby, the Depression and Beyond: The Whitman Sisters' Later Years Appendices Bibliography

「Nielsen BookData」 より

詳細情報

ページトップへ