عنوان

Staging the blues :

(Number (ISBN

0822376318

(Number (ISBN

9780822376316

Number

b392519

Title Proper

Staging the blues :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

from tent shows to tourism

First Statement of Responsibility

Paige A. McGinley.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Durham

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Duke University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2014.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

(ix, 286 pages) : illustrations

Text of Note

Introduction: Beale on broadway -- Real personality : the blues actress -- Theater folk : Huddie ledbetter on the stage -- Southern exposure : transatlantic blues -- Highway 61 revisited : blues tourism at ground zero.

Text of Note

Singing was just one element of blues performance in the early twentieth century. Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, and other classic blues singers also tapped, joked, and flaunted extravagant costumes on tent show and black vaudeville stages. Even though folklorists, record producers, and festival promoters downplayed the theatricality of early blues in favor of notions of authenticity, virtuoso blues artists used dance,Singing was just one element of blues performance in the early twentieth century. Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, and other classic blues singers also tapped, joked, and flaunted extravagant costumes on tent show and black vaudeville stages. Even though folklorists, record producers, and festival promoters downplayed the theatricality of early blues in favor of notions of authenticity, virtuoso blues artists used dance,Singing was just one element of blues performance in the early twentieth century. Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, and other classic blues singers also tapped, joked, and flaunted extravagant costumes on tent show and black vaudeville stages. Even though folklorists, record producers, and festival promoters downplayed the theatricality of early blues in favor of notions of authenticity, virtuoso blues artists used dance,",,,,,"Singing was just one element of blues performance in the early twentieth century. Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, and other classic blues singers also tapped, joked, and flaunted extravagant costumes on tent show and black vaudeville stages. Even though folklorists, record producers, and festival promoters downplayed the theatricality of early blues in favor of notions of authenticity, virtuoso blues artists used dance, comedy, costume, and other theatrical conventions to great effect throughout the twentieth century.

Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc; History

Paige A McGinley

Electronic name

[Book]

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