Ring Shout, Wheel About : The Racial Politics of Music and Dance in North American Slavery.
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TextPublisher: Champaign : University of Illinois Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (257 pages)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780252096112
- Enslaved persons--Southern States--Music--History aqnd criticism
- African Americans--Southern States--Music--History and criticism
- Enslaved persons--United States--Social life and customs
- Race in the theater--United States--History
- Theater and society--United States--History
- African American dance--History
- Slavery--United States--Justification
- Plantation life--United States
- Racism in popular culture--United States--History
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
- PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / General
- HISTORY / United States / 19th Century
- 390/.250973
- E443
Cover -- Title -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. The Script: "Africa was but a blank canvas for Europe's imagination -- 2. Casting: "They sang their home-songs, and danced, each with his free foot slapping the deck -- 3. Onstage: "Dance you damned niggers, dance -- 4. Backstage: "White folks do as they please, and the darkies do as they can -- 5. Advertisement: "Dancing through the Streets and act lively -- 6. Same Script, Different Actors: "Eb'ry time I wheel about, I jump Jim Crow -- Epilogue: The Show Must Go On -- Notes -- Index.
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