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Paul Robeson : artist and citizen / edited and with an introduction by Jeffrey C. Stewart.
Van Pelt Library E185.97.R63 P37 1998
By Request
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976.
- Robeson, Paul.
- African Americans--Biography.
- African Americans.
- Singers--United States--Biography.
- Singers.
- United States.
- Actors--United States--Biography.
- Actors.
- Political activists--United States--Biography.
- Political activists.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xxxviii, 331 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press : Paul Robeson Cultural Center, [1998]
- Summary:
- Paul Robeson: Artist and Citizen presents a kaleidoscopic portrait of Paul Robeson (1898-1976), the All-American football player, Phi Beta Kappa Rutgers College graduate, who became a world-renowned actor, singer, and motion picture star, and America's first African American politically-engaged performing artist. Coming to maturity during the Harlem Renaissance, Robeson starred in Eugene O'Neill's plays, sang spirituals in concert houses throughout Europe, headlined three productions of Othello, and created enduring roles in such movies as The Emperor Jones (1933), Song of Freedom (1936), and The Proud Valley (1940). But Robeson was also an African American who reacted against negative representations of blacks in his films Sanders of the River (1935) and Tales of Manhattan (1942) by criticizing racism in the media and ultimately refusing to make more films.
- Notes:
- "This book has been published in conjunction with the Paul Robeson Centennial Project, organized by the Paul Robeson Cultural Center of Rutgers University"--T.p. verso.
- Book to accompany the multimedia traveling exhibition, Paul Robeson: artist and citizen held at the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum of Rutgers, April-July 1998 and other institutions.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-314) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0813525101
- 081352511X
- OCLC:
- 37688249
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