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Author:

Brooks, Daphne.

Title:

Bodies in dissent : spectacular performances of race and freedom, 1850-1910 / Daphne A. Brooks.

Publisher:

Duke University Press,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

xii, 475 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

African Americans in the performing arts.
African American theater--History--19th century.
African American theater--History--20th century.
Brown, Henry Box,--b. 1816.
Hopkins, Pauline E.--(Pauline Elizabeth)--Criticism and interpretation.
Negers.
Menselijk lichaam.
Voorstellingen (uitvoerende kunsten)
Verenigde Staten.
Brown, Henry Box,--né 1816.
Hopkins, Pauline E.--(Pauline Elizabeth)--Critique et interprétation.
Noirs américains dans les arts du spectacle.
Théâtre noir américain--Histoire--19e siècle.
Théâtre noir américain--Histoire--20e siècle.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [417]-453) and index.

Contents:

Our bodies, our/selves: racial phantasmagoria and cultural struggle -- The escape artist: Henry Box Brown, black abolitionist performance, and moving panoramas of slavery -- The deeds done in my body: performance, black(ened) women, and Adah Isaacs Menken in the racial imaginary -- Alien/nation: re-imagining the black body (politic) in Williams and Walker's In Dahomey -- Divas and diasporic consciousness: song, dance, and new negro womanhood in the veil -- Epilogue: theater, black women, and change.

ISBN:

9780822337225 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0822337223 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780822337102 (cloth : alk. paper)
082233710X (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2006001662

Locations:

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

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)