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White people do not know how to behave at entertainments designed for ladies & gentlemen of colour William Brown's African & American theater
Title
White people do not know how to behave at entertainments designed for ladies & gentlemen of colour [electronic resource] : William Brown's African & American theater / Marvin McAllister.
ISBN
0807827770 (alk. paper)
0807854506 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Published
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2003.
Physical Description
x, 239 p.
Local Notes
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Notes
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 23, 2014
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-231) and index.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
1.
Late-Night Pleasure Garden for People of Color
NOAH'S AFRICAN GROVE
11
2.
Hung Be the Heavens with Black
TOWARD A MINOR THEATER
39
3.
American Taste and Genius
BUILDING AN AMERICAN THEATER
67
4.
Tom and Jerry Meets Three-Fingered Jack
THE AFRICAN COMPANY'S BALANCING ACT
103 5. In Fear of His Opposition
EURO-NEW YORK REACTS
131
Conclusion: To Be-or Not to Be 167
Notes 185
Bibliography 213
Index 233.
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