Moving performances divas, iconicity, and remembering the modern stage
- Title
- Moving performances [electronic resource] : divas, iconicity, and remembering the modern stage / Jeanne Scheper.
- Published by
- New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2016]
- Author
Details
- Description
- 1 online resource (xi, 209 pages) : illustrations.
- Uniform title
- Moving performances (Online)
- Alternative title
- Moving performances (Online)
- Subject
- African American women entertainers > History > 20th century
- Women entertainers > United States > History > 20th century
- African Americans in the performing arts
- Women in the performing arts > United States
- Performing arts > Political aspects > United States > 20th century
- Performing arts > Social aspects > United States > 20th century
- United States > Race relations > 20th century
- Contents
- Introduction -- The color line is always moving: Aida Overton Walker -- Transnational technologies of orientalism: Loïe Fuller's invented repertoires -- Voices within the voice: aural passing and Libby Holman's deracinated/reracinated sound -- "Much too busy to die": Josephine Baker's diva iconicity -- Conclusion: diva remains.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-199) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Author
- Scheper, Jeanne, 1967-
- Title
- Moving performances [electronic resource] : divas, iconicity, and remembering the modern stage / Jeanne Scheper.
- Imprint
- New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2016]
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-199) and index.
- Access
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Connect to:
- LCCN
- 2016003238