Paul Robeson : artist and citizen

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Paul Robeson : artist and citizen

edited and with an introduction by Jeffrey C. Stewart

Rutgers University Press : Paul Robeson Cultural Center, c1998

  • alk. paper
  • pbk. : alk. paper

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"This book has been published in conjunction with the Paul Robeson Centennial Project, organized by the Paul Robeson Cultural Center of Rutgers University"--T.p. verso

Book to accompany the multimedia traveling exhibition, Paul Robeson: artist and citizen held at the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum of Rutgers, April-July 1998 and other institutions

Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-314) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

This work presents a kaleidoscopic portrait of Paul Robeson (1898-1976), the All-American football player, Phi Beta Kappa Rutgers College graduate, who became a world-renowned actor, singer and motion picture star, and America's first African American politically-engaged performing artist. Coming to maturity during the Harlem Renaissance, Robeson starred in Eugene O'Neill's plays, sang spirituals in concert houses throughout Europe, headlined three productions of Othello, and created enduring roles in such movies as "The Emperor Jones" (1933), "Song of Freedom" (1936) and "The Proud Valley" (1940). But Robeson was also an African American who reacted against negative representations of blacks in his films "Sanders of the River" (1935) and "Tales of Manhattan" (1942) by criticizing racism in the media and ultimately refusing to make more films. A robust political intellectual, Robeson shaped the Leftist critique of fascism, championed the rights of workers and oppressed minorities on his travels around the world, and became one of America's most outspoken critics of racism after World War II. During the Cold War his steadfast defense of the Soviet Union was seized upon by the media, the United States government and McCarthyites, unfortunately tarnishing his name and achievements. This collection of essays by some of America's most respected scholars and intellectuals - published on the centenary of his birth - is designed to remind contemporary Americans of Robeson's accomplishments and provide a fresh assessment of his contributions.

目次

  • Part 1 Early Life, Athletics and Citizenship: Happy Black Boy, Lloyd L. Brown
  • Paul Robeson - an Athlete's Legacy, Francis C. Harris
  • Doing the State Some Service - Paul Robeson and the Endless Quest for Racial Justice, Derrick Bell. Part 2 Visual Arts, Drama, Music and Film Contribution: The Image and Paul Robeson, Deborah Willis
  • Troubled Relations - Paul Robeson, Eugene O'Neill and Oscar Micheaux, Charles Musser
  • Paul Robeson, Musician, Doris Evans McGinty and Wayne Shirley
  • Robeson and Othello, Martin Duberman
  • The Black Body - Paul Robeson as a Work of Art and Politics, Jeffrey C. Stewart
  • Race, Working-Class Consciousness and Dreaming in Africa - Song of Freedom and Jericho, Mark A. Reid. Part 3 Political Activism and Final Years: Paul Robeson and the American Labour Movement, Mark D. Naison
  • Comrades and Friends, the Personal/Political World of Paul Robeson, Gerald Horne
  • Paul Robeson and the USSR, David Levering Lewis
  • Paul Robeson - a Bibliophile in Spite of Himself, Charles L. Blockson. Part 4 Robeson's Contemporary Significance: What is Robeson's Contemporary Legacy?, Julianne Malveau
  • Black Stars in Exile - Paul Robeson, O.J. Simpson and Othello, Ed Guerrero
  • Paul Robeson, Icon for the 21st Century, John Hope Franklin.

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