| Description |
viii, 270 pages, 9 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations,portraits ; 21cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Table of contents for Waltzing in the dark : African American vaudeville and race politics in the swing era / Brenda Dixon Gottschild. -- Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the Library of Congress catalog -- Information from electronic data provided by the publisher. May be incomplete or contain other coding. -- Foreword -- Part I -- The Race Trope in Swing Era Performance From Marjorie to Margot -- ?You Didn?t Go Downtown?Everything Was Uptown?: Harlem, U.S.A. -- Who?s Got His Own: Black Creativity as Commodity -- Part II -- Color and Caste in Black and White: Performing at Home and Abroad -- Part III -- Coda to a Dream Deferred -- Legacy: All That Jazz -- Chronology: Margot Webb?s Professional Career -- Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Webb, Margot, 1910-Norton and Margot (Dance team)Dancers United States Biography, African American dancers Biography, Women dancers United States Biography, Vaudeville Social aspects United States, Swing (Dance) Social aspects United States, Racism and the arts United States |
| Summary |
Examines the social, racial, and artistic climate for African American performers from the late 1920s through the 1940s. Takes a tour through the worlds of African American vaudeville, black and white America during the swing era, the European touring circuit, and pre-Civil Rights racial etiquette |
| Notes |
Originally published; New York : St. Martin's Press, 2000 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Webb, Margot, 1910-
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Norton and Margot (Dance team)
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African American dancers -- Biography.
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African American entertainers -- United States -- History.
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Dancers -- United States -- Biography.
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Racism and the arts -- United States.
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Vaudeville -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Swing (Dance) -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Vaudeville -- United States.
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Women dancers -- United States -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| LC no. |
2002522821 |
| ISBN |
0312214189 |
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0312294433 (paperback) |
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