Slavery and sentiment on the American stage, 1787-1861 : lifting the veil of black

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Label

Slavery and sentiment on the American stage, 1787-1861 : lifting the veil of black

Title remainder

lifting the veil of black

Statement of responsibility

Heather S. Nathans

Creator

• Nathans, Heather S

Subject

• Race in the theater -- United States -- History -- 19th century
• Slavery -- United States -- Public opinion | History -- 19th century
• Slavery in literature -- History -- 19th century
• Theater -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century
• Theater and society -- United States -- History -- 19th century
• Public opinion -- United States -- History -- 19th century

Language

eng

Summary

"For almost a hundred years before Uncle Tom's Cabin burst on to the scene in 1852, the American theatre struggled to represent the evils of slavery. Slavery and Sentiment questions how the texts, images, and performances presented to American audiences during the antebellum period engaged with the debate over black participation in American society. The book blends American history, theatre history, and literary history to question how theatre and performance lifted the "veil of black" on American racism in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The book contributes to the ongoing discussion of the role of African-American characters and performers in American cultural history, and offers scholars in a range of fields a new perspective on a complicated movement in the nation's theatrical past."--BOOK JACKET

Member of

• Cambridge studies in American theatre and drama, 27

Cataloging source

UKM

Dewey number

792.097309034

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

PN2260.R33

LC item number

N38 2009

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Cambridge studies in American theatre and drama

Series volume

27