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The strange career of Porgy and Bess race, culture, and America's most famous opera /

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Main Author: Noonan, Ellen, 1966-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Gershwin, George, > 1898-1937. > Porgy and Bess.
Heyward, DuBose, > 1885-1940. > Porgy and Bess.
Music and race.
Race in opera.
African Americans in popular culture > 20th century.
Charleston (S.C.) > Race relations.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • A romance of Negro life : Porgy, 1925
  • Interlude : Charleston, 1680-1900
  • A chocolate-covered lithograph strip : Porgy, 1927
  • Interlude : Charleston, 1920 -1940
  • Gershwin's idea of what a Negro opera should be : Porgy and Bess, 1935
  • Neither the measure of America nor that of the Negro : Porgy and Bess, 1952-1956
  • Interlude : Charleston, 1940-1960
  • Forget any version you may have seen before : Porgy and Bess, 1959-2012
  • Epilogue : Charleston, 1970-2005.

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