Research Catalog

Title

Moving performances [electronic resource] : divas, iconicity, and remembering the modern stage / Jeanne Scheper.

Author

Scheper, Jeanne, 1967-

Publication

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2016]

Details

Description

1 online resource (xi, 209 pages) : illustrations.

Uniform Title

Moving performances (Online)

Alternative Title

Moving performances (Online)

Subject

• African American women entertainers > History > 20th century
• Women entertainers > United States > History > 20th century
• African Americans in the performing arts
• Women in the performing arts > United States
• Performing arts > Political aspects > United States > 20th century
• Performing arts > Social aspects > United States > 20th century
• United States > Race relations > 20th century

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-199) and index.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

Introduction -- The color line is always moving: Aida Overton Walker -- Transnational technologies of orientalism: Loïe Fuller's invented repertoires -- Voices within the voice: aural passing and Libby Holman's deracinated/reracinated sound -- "Much too busy to die": Josephine Baker's diva iconicity -- Conclusion: diva remains.

LCCN

2016003238

OCLC

ssj0001742666

Author

Scheper, Jeanne, 1967-

Title

Moving performances [electronic resource] : divas, iconicity, and remembering the modern stage / Jeanne Scheper.

Imprint

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2016]

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-199) and index.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

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