Title Bulldaggers, pansies, and chocolate babies : performance, race, and sexuality in the Harlem Renaissance / James F. Wilson

Published Ann Arbor : The University of Michigan Press, [2010]

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Description 1 online resource Series Triangulations: lesbian/gay/queer theater/drama/performance Triangulations. Contents Introduction: "It's getting dark on old Broadway" -- "Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer": parties, performances, and privacy in the "other" Harlem Renaissance(s) -- "Harlem on my mind": New York's black belt on the Great White Way -- "That's the kind of gal I am": drag balls, "sexual perversion," and David Belasco's Lulu Belle -- "Hottentot potentates": the potent and hot performances of Florence Mills and Ethel Waters -- "In my well of loneliness": Gladys Bentley's Bulldykin' blues -- Conclusion: "you've seen Harlem at its best." Summary The gay and lesbian presence in black entertainment in Harlem nightclubs, speakeasies, rent parties, and Broadway stages Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject American drama -- African American authors -- History and criticism American drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism African Americans in the performing arts -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century Theater -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Intellectual life Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century Harlem Renaissance. African Americans in literature. Race in literature. Sex in the theater. Harlem Renaissance. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gay Studies. DRAMA -- American. African Americans in literature African Americans in the performing arts African Americans -- Intellectual life American drama American drama -- African American authors Harlem Renaissance Intellectual life Race in literature Sex in the theater Theater Harlem Renaissance. Theater -- afroamerikanisches -- Geschichte 20. Jh. Drama -- amerikanisches -- Afroamerikanische Autoren -- Geschichte 20. Jh. New York (State) -- New York New York (State) -- New York -- Harlem Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book LC no. 2020707423 ISBN 0472026968 9780472026968

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