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The Regal Theater and Black Culture / by C. Semmes.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Semmes, Clovis E.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Theater--History.
- Theater.
- Civilization--History.
- Civilization.
- America--History.
- America.
- Performing arts.
- History, Modern.
- Theatre History.
- Cultural History.
- History of the Americas.
- Theatre and Performance Arts.
- Modern History.
- Local Subjects:
- Theatre History.
- Cultural History.
- History of the Americas.
- Theatre and Performance Arts.
- Modern History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (304 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2006.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Chronicling over forty years of changes in African-American popular culture, the Regal Theatre (1928-1968) was the largest movie-stage-show venue ever constructed for a Black community. Semmes reveals the political, economic and business realities of cultural production and the institutional inequalities that circumscribed Black life.
- Contents:
- Cover
- The Regal Theater and Black Culture
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: The Regal Theater and Black Culture
- Chapter 1 The Opening: Separate but Equal
- Chapter 2 The Depression Years: Privilege in the Marketplace and Black Stewardship
- Chapter 3 The End of Monopoly and the End of Swing
- Chapter 4 The Decline of Commercial Segregation and the Transition to Independence
- Chapter 5 Rebirth, Black Ownership, and the Closing of the Palace
- Chapter 6 Retrospect and Lessons Learned
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-270) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611369927
- 9781349533152
- 1349533157
- 9781281369925
- 1281369926
- 9781403983305
- 1403983305
- OCLC:
- 567964973
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