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Author:

Gibbs, Jenna M., 1961- author.

Title:

Performing the temple of liberty : slavery, theater, and popular culture in London and Philadelphia, 1760-1850 / Jenna M. Gibbs.

Publisher:

Johns Hopkins University Press,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

xiv, 313 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Theater--London--London--History--18th century.
Theater--London--London--History--19th century.
Theater--Philadelphia--Philadelphia--History--18th century.
Theater--Philadelphia--Philadelphia--History--19th century.
Slave trade in the theater.
Race in the theater.
London (England)--Social life and customs.
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social life and customs.
Manners and customs.
Race in the theater.
Slave trade in the theater.
Theater.
England--London.
Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
1700 - 1899
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: Slave-trade abolition: pageantry, parody, and the goddess of liberty (1800s- 1820s) -- Celebrating Columbia, mother of the white republic -- Abolitionist britannia and the blackface supplicant slave -- Spreading liberty to Africa -- Part 2. Introduction: emancipation and political reform: burlesque, picaresque, and the great experiment (1820s-1830s) -- Blackface freedom: life in London, life in Philadelphia -- Transatlantic travelers, slavery, and Charles Mathew's "Black fun" -- Part 3. Introduction: Radical abolitionism, revolt, & revolution: Spartacus and the blackface minstrel (1830s-1850s) -- Spartacus, Jim Crow, and the Black jokes of revolt -- Revolutionary brotherhood: Black Spartacus, Black hercules, and the wage slave -- Conclusion: Uncle Tom, the eighteenth-century revolutionary legacy, and historical memory.

Series:

Early America: history, context, culture

ISBN:

1421413388 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781421413389 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)859168462

LCCN:

2013033294

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)