Harlem's theaters : a staging ground for community, class, and contradiction, 1923-1939

Harlem's theaters : a staging ground for community, class, and contradiction, 1923-1939 / Adrienne Macki Braconi.

Author/creator	Macki Braconi, Adrienne author.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2015.
Copyright Notice	©2015
Description	xii, 267 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subject(s)	Theater--New York (State) --New York --History --20th century. Theaters--New York (State) --New York --History --20th century. African American theater--New York (State) --New York --History --20th century. Civil rights movements--United States --History --20th century. Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Intellectual life --20th century.

Contents	Introduction: "Parent to hope" -- 1923-1928 -- Constructing racial uplift, class, and propaganda -- Constituting community -- 1929-1934 -- Staging sacred and secular experiments -- Per/(re)forming the community -- 1935-1939 -- Re-visioning the community -- Playing with history, signs, and fables -- Epilogue.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-258) and index.
Genre/form	History.
LCCN	2015031416
ISBN	9780810132245 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0810132249 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780810132252 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN	0810132257 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN	(ebook)
ISBN	(ebook)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	PN2270.A35 B73 2015	✔ Available	Place Hold