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Racial geometries of the Black Atlantic, Asian Pacific and American theatre
- Title
- Racial geometries of the Black Atlantic, Asian Pacific and American theatre / Shannon Steen.
- Author
- Steen, Shannon.
- Publication
- Basingstoke, England ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
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Details
- Description
- xiv, 209 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
- Summary
- Drawing on original archival research, Racial Geometries examines popular forms of performance -- from musical theatre and minstrelsy to non-theatrical forms like Chinatown tourism -- to expose how American racial formation between the two World Wars was not determined only within national borders but traded on and influenced international dynamics --Provided by publisher.
- Series Statement
- Studies in international performance
- Uniform Title
- Studies in international performance.
- Subject
- 1900-1999
- Racism and the arts > United States > History > 20th century
- Performing arts > Social aspects > United States
- Arts and society > United States > History > 20th century
- African Americans in the performing arts
- Asians in the performing arts
- Racism in literature
- Race relations in literature
- African Americans in literature
- Asians in literature
- Arts and society
- Ethnic relations
- Performing arts > Social aspects
- Racism and the arts
- United States > Ethnic relations > History > 20th century
- United States
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-206) and index.
- Contents
- How Uncle Tom's cabin killed the king of Siam -- Passing between nations: racial impersonation and transnational affiliation -- Melancholy bodies: Eugene O'Neill, imperial critique, and Irish assimilation -- American progress: the paradox of internationalism -- The geometries of swing: a black Pacific and The swing mikados -- Coda: the black face of US imperialism.
- Call Number
- Sc D 22-410
- ISBN
- 9780230221932
- 0230221939
- LCCN
- 2009044609
- OCLC
- 298778536
- Author
- Steen, Shannon.
- Title
- Racial geometries of the Black Atlantic, Asian Pacific and American theatre / Shannon Steen.
- Imprint
- Basingstoke, England ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Studies in international performanceStudies in international performance.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-206) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Research Call Number
- Sc D 22-410