Darktown Strutters
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19th-century stage entertainment
African American artistic resilience
art versus exploitation
audience reception in divided nation
backstage life on the road
blackface theater history
bodily expression and agency
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choreography and storytelling
courage amid racism
cultural survival strategies
dance as resistance
dignity under oppression
embodied memory and trauma
entertainment industry beginnings
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fictionalized biography style
freedom and self-definition
historical coming-of-age tale
historical fiction set in 1800s
itinerant entertainers
legacy of early Black entertainers
life after bondage
marginalized voices in arts
music hall culture
northern and southern tour circuits
performance as livelihood
performance under segregation
period costume drama themes
plantation to proscenium journey
popular amusements history
post-Emancipation cultural life
prejudice in public spectacle
racial passing and identity
reclaiming the stage
Reconstruction-era America
resilience in hostile society
show business origins
social history through dance
spectacle and stereotype
survival through art
tap and jig roots
theatrical costuming traditions
traveling performance troupes
vaudeville precursors
vernacular dance heritage
Product details
- ISBN 9781558492707
- Weight: 365g
- Dimensions: 146 x 228mm
- Publication Date: 13 Nov 2000
- Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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