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Author:

Noonan, Ellen, 1966-

Title:

The strange career of Porgy and Bess : race, culture, and America's most famous opera / Ellen Noonan.

Publisher:

University of North Carolina Press,

Copyright Date:

2012, ©2012

Description:

xiii, 423 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Subject:

Gershwin, George,--1898-1937.--Porgy and Bess.
Heyward, DuBose,--1885-1940.--Porgy.
Music and race.
Race in opera.
African Americans in popular culture--20th century.
Charleston (S.C.)--Race relations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

A romance of Negro life : Porgy, 1925 -- Interlude : Charleston, 1680-1900 -- A chocolate-covered lithograph strip : Porgy, 1927 -- Interlude : Charleston, 1920 -1940 -- Gershwin's idea of what a Negro opera should be : Porgy and Bess, 1935 -- Neither the measure of America nor that of the Negro : Porgy and Bess, 1952-1956 -- Interlude : Charleston, 1940-1960 -- Forget any version you may have seen before : Porgy and Bess, 1959-2012 -- Epilogue : Charleston, 1970-2005.

ISBN:

0807837164 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780807837160 (cloth : alk. paper) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)785863937

LCCN:

2012016635

Locations:

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

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

UXAX826 -- St. Ambrose University Library (Davenport)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)