Black Bostonians and the Politics of Culture, 1920-1940 Lorraine Elena Roses.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roses, Lorraine Elena, 1943- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arts--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century.

Arts.

Theater--Massachusetts--Boston--History--19th century.

Theater.

African American authors--Massachusetts--Boston--History--19th century.

African American authors.

African American artists--Massachusetts--Boston--History--19th century.

African American artists.

African American arts--Massachusetts--Boston--History--19th century.

African American arts.

African Americans--Massachusetts--Boston--Social life and customs--19th century.

African Americans.

African Americans--Intellectual life--19th century.

Boston (Mass.)--Race relations--History.

Boston (Mass.).

Boston (Mass.)--Social life and customs--19th century.

Boston (Mass.)--Intellectual life--19th century.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 227 pages :) illustrations, map ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2017

Place of Publication:

Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2017]

Summary:

In the 1920s and 1930s Boston became a rich and distinctive site of African American artistic production, unfolding at the same time as the Harlem Renaissance and encompassing literature, theater, music, and visual art.Owing to the ephemeral nature of much of this work, many of the era's primary sources have been lost.

Contents:

Front Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

1. Where Is Black Boston?

2. The Black Bostonian Elites

3. Gender and Culture

4. Black Faces on the White Stage

5. Writing While Black

6. The Boston Players

7. The New Deal for Boston's Black Theatre

Afterword

Notes

Index

About the Author

Back Cover.

Notes:

"Preface -- Introduction. A Veiled History -- 1. Where Is Black Boston? Geographies of Experience in the Cradle of Liberty, 1638-1900 -- 2. The Black Bostonian Elites: Color, Class, Culture, and Family, 1880-1920 -- 3. Gender and Culture: Black Women as Arts Organizers, 1917-1930 -- 4. Black Faces on the White Stage: Space and Race, 1925-1930 -- 5. Writing While Black: The Saturday Evening Quill, 1925-1930 -- 6. The Boston Players: Broadway Bound, 1930-1935 -- 7. The New Deal for Boston's Black Theatre: Four Golden Years, 1935-1939 -- Afterword. A Retrospective View of the Boston Renascence, 1920-1940.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-61376-477-4

OCLC:

1012233627