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Author:

Vogel, Shane.

Title:

The scene of Harlem cabaret : race, sexuality, performance / Shane Vogel.

Publisher:

University of Chicago Press,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

xiii, 257 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Social life and customs--20th century.
New York (N.Y.)--Social life and customs--20th century.
Harlem Renaissance.
African American entertainers--New York--New York--History--20th century.
Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.)--History--New York--New York--History--20th century.
Performing arts--History--New York--New York--History--20th century.
Homosexuality--History--New York--New York--History--20th century.
African Americans--Intellectual life--20th century.
African Americans--Politics and government--20th century.
United States--History--Political aspects--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-243) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: Against uplift : performance, literature, and the queer Harlem Renaissance -- American cabaret performance and the production of intimacy -- The scene of Harlem cabaret : 1926 and after -- Closing time : Langston Hughes and the queer poetics of Harlem nightlife -- Rereading Du Bois reading McKay : uplift sociology and the problem of amusement -- Lena Horne's impersona -- Afterword: Irrealizing the queer Harlem Renaissance.

ISBN:

0226862526 (paper : alk. paper)
9780226862521 (paper : alk. paper)
0226862518 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780226862514 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)231947544

LCCN:

2008025289

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)