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African American vaudeville and race politics in the swing era

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An edition of Waltzing in the dark (1999)

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African American vaudeville and race politics in the swing era

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St. Martin's Press
Language
English
Pages
270

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Subjects
African American dancers, Biography, Dancers, Norton and Margot (Dance team), Racism and the arts, Social aspects, Social aspects of Swing (Dance), Social aspects of Vaudeville, Swing (Dance), Vaudeville, Women dancers, African american entertainers, United states, politics and government, 1865-1933, United states, race relations, Fiction, general
People
Margot Webb, Margot Webb (1910-)
Places
United States

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Cover of: Waltzing in the dark
Waltzing in the dark: African American vaudeville and race politics in the swing era
2002, Palgrave
in English - 1st Palgrave paperback ed.
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Cover of: Waltzing in the dark
Waltzing in the dark: African American vaudeville and race politics in the swing era
2000, St. Martin's Press
in English - 1st ed.
Libraries near you: WorldCat
Cover of: Waltzing in the Dark
Waltzing in the Dark: African American Vaudeville and Race Politics in the Swing Era
1999, Palgrave Macmillan
in English
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Cover of: Waltzing in the Dark
Waltzing in the Dark: African American Vaudeville and Race Politics in the Swing Era
August 20, 1999, Palgrave Macmillan
Hardcover in English
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Table of Contents

1. The race trope in swing era performance
2. From Marjorie to Margot
3. "You didn't go downtown : everything was uptown": Harlem, U.S.A.
4. Who's got his own: Black creativity as commodity
5. Color and caste in black and white: performing at home and abroad
6. Coda to a dream deferred
7. Legacy: all that jazz
Chronology: Margot Webb's professional career.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-259) and index.

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New York
Genre
Biography.

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Library of Congress
HM621-HM656

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Pagination
viii, 270 p., [9] p. of plates :
Number of pages
270

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OL15483962M
Internet Archive
waltzingindarkaf00gott
ISBN 10
0312214189
OCLC/WorldCat
43848544
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1802132

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