Bulldaggers, pansies, and chocolate babies performance, race, and sexuality in the Harlem Renaissance

Title
  1. Bulldaggers, pansies, and chocolate babies [electronic resource] : performance, race, and sexuality in the Harlem Renaissance / James F. Wilson.
Published by
  1. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2010.
Author
  1. Wilson, James F.

Details

Description
  1. 1 online resource (ix, 260 p.) : ill.
Series statement
  1. Triangulations: lesbian/gay/queer theater/drama/performance
Uniform title
  1. Bulldaggers, pansies, and chocolate babies (Online)
  2. Triangulations.
Alternative title
  1. Bulldaggers, pansies, and chocolate babies (Online)
Subject
  1. American drama > African American authors > History and criticism
  2. American drama > 20th century > History and criticism
  3. African Americans in the performing arts > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century
  4. Theater > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century
  5. African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Intellectual life
  6. Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Intellectual life > 20th century
  7. Harlem Renaissance
  8. African Americans in literature
  9. Race in literature
  10. Sex in the theater
Contents
  1. Introduction: "It's getting dark on old Broadway" -- "Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer": parties, performances, and privacy in the "other" Harlem Renaissance(s) -- "Harlem on my mind": New York's black belt on the Great White Way -- "That's the kind of gal I am": drag balls, "sexual perversion," and David Belasco's Lulu Belle -- "Hottentot potentates": the potent and hot performances of Florence Mills and Ethel Waters -- "In my well of loneliness": Gladys Bentley's Bulldykin' blues -- Conclusion: "you've seen Harlem at its best".
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access (note)
  1. Access restricted to authorized users.
Author
  1. Wilson, James F.
Title
  1. Bulldaggers, pansies, and chocolate babies [electronic resource] : performance, race, and sexuality in the Harlem Renaissance / James F. Wilson.
Imprint
  1. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2010.
Series
  1. Triangulations: lesbian/gay/queer theater/drama/performance
  2. Triangulations.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
  1. Access restricted to authorized users.
Connect to:
  1. Available from home with a valid library card
  2. Available onsite at NYPL
LCCN
  1. 2009050344
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