The Resource Strange Career of Porgy and Bess : Race, Culture, and America's Most Famous Opera
Strange Career of Porgy and Bess : Race, Culture, and America's Most Famous Opera
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The item Strange Career of Porgy and Bess : Race, Culture, and America's Most Famous Opera represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Missouri University of Science & Technology Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- Created by George Gershwin and DuBose Heyward and sung by generations of black performers, Porgy and Bess has been both embraced and reviled since its debut in 1935. Ellen Noonan examines the opera's long history of invention and reinvention as a barometer of twentieth-century American expectations about race, culture, and the struggle for equality. Expertly weaving together the wide-ranging debates over the original novel, Porgy, and its adaptations on stage and film with a history of its intimate ties to Charleston, The Strange Career of Porgy and Bess uncovers the complexities behind one of
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (440 pages)
- Contents
-
- A romance of Negro life : Porgy, 1925
- Interlude : Charleston, 1680-1900
- A chocolate-covered lithograph strip : Porgy, 1927
- Interlude : Charleston, 1920 -1940
- Gershwin's idea of what a Negro opera should be : Porgy and Bess, 1935
- Neither the measure of America nor that of the Negro : Porgy and Bess, 1952-1956
- Interlude : Charleston, 1940-1960
- Forget any version you may have seen before : Porgy and Bess, 1959-2012
- Epilogue : Charleston, 1970-2005
- Isbn
- 9781469600253
- Label
- Strange Career of Porgy and Bess : Race, Culture, and America's Most Famous Opera
- Title
- Strange Career of Porgy and Bess
- Title remainder
- Race, Culture, and America's Most Famous Opera
- Subject
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- 1900-1999
- African Americans in popular culture
- African Americans in popular culture -- 20th century
- Charleston (S.C.) -- Race relations
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- Gershwin, George, 1898-1937
- Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940
- History
- MUSIC -- Genres & Styles | Opera
- MUSIC -- Printed Music | Opera & Classical Scores
- Music and race
- PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater | History & Criticism
- Porgy and Bess (Gershwin, George)
- Porgy and Bess (Heyward, DuBose)
- Race in opera
- Race in opera
- Race relations
- South Carolina -- Charleston
- Music and race
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Created by George Gershwin and DuBose Heyward and sung by generations of black performers, Porgy and Bess has been both embraced and reviled since its debut in 1935. Ellen Noonan examines the opera's long history of invention and reinvention as a barometer of twentieth-century American expectations about race, culture, and the struggle for equality. Expertly weaving together the wide-ranging debates over the original novel, Porgy, and its adaptations on stage and film with a history of its intimate ties to Charleston, The Strange Career of Porgy and Bess uncovers the complexities behind one of
- Cataloging source
- MHW
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Noonan, Ellen
- Dewey number
- 782.1
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- English
- LC call number
- ML410.G288 N66 2012
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Gershwin, George
- Heyward, DuBose
- Music and race
- Race in opera
- African Americans in popular culture
- Charleston (S.C.)
- Heyward, DuBose
- Gershwin, George
- MUSIC
- MUSIC
- PERFORMING ARTS
- African Americans in popular culture
- Music and race
- Race in opera
- Race relations
- South Carolina
- Label
- Strange Career of Porgy and Bess : Race, Culture, and America's Most Famous Opera
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- A romance of Negro life : Porgy, 1925 -- Interlude : Charleston, 1680-1900 -- A chocolate-covered lithograph strip : Porgy, 1927 -- Interlude : Charleston, 1920 -1940 -- Gershwin's idea of what a Negro opera should be : Porgy and Bess, 1935 -- Neither the measure of America nor that of the Negro : Porgy and Bess, 1952-1956 -- Interlude : Charleston, 1940-1960 -- Forget any version you may have seen before : Porgy and Bess, 1959-2012 -- Epilogue : Charleston, 1970-2005
- Control code
- 823386013
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (440 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781469600253
- Lccn
- 2012016635
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- 40021618685
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt61ctp
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)823386013
- Label
- Strange Career of Porgy and Bess : Race, Culture, and America's Most Famous Opera
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- A romance of Negro life : Porgy, 1925 -- Interlude : Charleston, 1680-1900 -- A chocolate-covered lithograph strip : Porgy, 1927 -- Interlude : Charleston, 1920 -1940 -- Gershwin's idea of what a Negro opera should be : Porgy and Bess, 1935 -- Neither the measure of America nor that of the Negro : Porgy and Bess, 1952-1956 -- Interlude : Charleston, 1940-1960 -- Forget any version you may have seen before : Porgy and Bess, 1959-2012 -- Epilogue : Charleston, 1970-2005
- Control code
- 823386013
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (440 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781469600253
- Lccn
- 2012016635
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- 40021618685
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt61ctp
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)823386013
Subject
- 1900-1999
- African Americans in popular culture
- African Americans in popular culture -- 20th century
- Charleston (S.C.) -- Race relations
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- Gershwin, George, 1898-1937
- Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940
- History
- MUSIC -- Genres & Styles | Opera
- MUSIC -- Printed Music | Opera & Classical Scores
- Music and race
- PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater | History & Criticism
- Porgy and Bess (Gershwin, George)
- Porgy and Bess (Heyward, DuBose)
- Race in opera
- Race in opera
- Race relations
- South Carolina -- Charleston
- Music and race
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