Performing the temple of liberty : slavery, theater, and popular culture in London and Philadelphia, 1760-1850 Jenna M. Gibbs

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gibbs, Jenna M., 1961-

Series:

Early America

Early America: history, context, culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theater--England--London--History--18th century.

Theater.

Theater--England--London--History--19th century.

Theater--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--18th century.

Theater--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--19th century.

Slave trade in the theater.

Race in the theater.

London (England)--Social life and customs.

London (England).

Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social life and customs.

Philadelphia (Pa.).

Physical Description:

xiv, 313 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014.

Contents:

Introduction: Slave-trade abolition: pageantry, parody, and the goddess of liberty (1800s- 1820s)

Celebrating Columbia, mother of the white republic

Abolitionist britannia and the blackface supplicant slave

Spreading liberty to Africa

Part 2. Introduction: emancipation and political reform: burlesque, picaresque, and the great experiment (1820s-1830s)

Blackface freedom: life in London, life in Philadelphia

Transatlantic travelers, slavery, and Charles Mathew's "Black fun"

Part 3. Introduction: Radical abolitionism, revolt, & revolution: Spartacus and the blackface minstrel (1830s-1850s)

Spartacus, Jim Crow, and the Black jokes of revolt

Revolutionary brotherhood: Black Spartacus, Black hercules, and the wage slave

Conclusion: Uncle Tom, the eighteenth-century revolutionary legacy, and historical memory.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-296) and index.

Local Notes:

The Forrest Performing Arts Collection.

The Pennsylvania Abolition Society Complementary Collection.

ISBN:

9781421413389

1421413388

OCLC:

859168462