Footnotes : the Black artists who rewrote the rules of the Great White Way / Caseen Gaines.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781492688815 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 1492688819 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 435 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Naperville, Ilinois : Sourcebooks, [2021]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 380-382) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Part 1. The way there -- The blacker the bait, 1885-1915 -- Know your audience, 1915 -- High society, 1915-1917 -- Mo man's land, 1917-1919 -- The Red summer, 1919 -- Partnered, 1919-1921 -- Part 2. Making it -- Black bohemians, 1921 -- Nevertheless, they succeeded, 1921-1922 -- Vamped by a brown skin, 1922-1923 -- Part 3. Holding on -- Partial ownership, 1923-1924 -- Better than salary, 1924-1925 -- Another second chance, 1925-1933 -- White folks follow, 1933-1952 -- Epilogue: Encores. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Covington Branch | 792.089 G142f 2021 (Text) | 33126025348404 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Erlanger Branch | 792.089 G142f 2021 (Text) | 33126025348420 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
- Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2021 March
In this well-researched compilation of behind-the-scenes stories and background, pop culture historian Gaines (
Copyright 2021 Library Journal.Inside Pee-Wee's Playhouse ) celebrates the 100th anniversary of the original staging of the all-Black musical comedyShuffle Along . The author introduces the four men behind the musicalâvocalist Noble Sissle, comedian partners Flournoy Miller and Aubrey Lyles, and conductor/pianist Eubie Blakeâand their struggles to keep the show afloat. The quartet were determined to change the narrative of the Black experience in America by presenting Black performers in roles that were nuanced and fully developed. However, the show was also steeped in stereotypes, used blackface, and cast only women who passed the colorist "brown paper bag test." Still,Shuffle Along broke the taboo in American theater against depicting Black romantic love onstage, kick-started the career of a 16-year-old Josephine Baker, and gave us "I'm Just Wild About Harry," which eventually became Harry Truman's campaign song. And despite failures to revive the production owing to its racist tropes and stereotypes, Gaines persuasively argues that these four men shouldn't be relegated to the footnotes of history, as their work resulted in monumental gains for many Black performers.VERDICT Theater buffs and students of Black history will be pleased by this cogent defense ofShuffle Along .âLisa Henry, Kirkwood P.L., MO