عنوان

Staging the blues :

شابک

0822376318

شابک

9780822376316

شماره

b392519

عنوان اصلي

Staging the blues :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

from tent shows to tourism

نام نخستين پديدآور

Paige A. McGinley.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Durham

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Duke University Press,

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

2014.

نام خاص و کميت اثر

(ix, 286 pages) : illustrations

متن يادداشت

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.

متن يادداشت

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.

موضوع مستند نشده

Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc; History

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Paige A McGinley

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y