The scene of Harlem cabaret : race, sexuality, performance / Shane Vogel.

Author/creator Vogel, Shane
Format Book
Publication InfoChicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.
Descriptionxiii, 257 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Subjects
Harlem Renaissance.
African American entertainers--New York (State). --New York. --History. --20th century.
Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.)--Social aspects. --New York (State). --New York. --History. --20th century.
Performing arts--Social aspects. --New York (State). --New York. --History. --20th century.
Homosexuality--Social aspects. --New York (State). --New York. --History. --20th century.
African Americans--Intellectual life. --20th century.
African Americans--Politics and government. --20th century.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Social life and customs. --20th century.
New York (N.Y.)--Social life and customs. --20th century.
United States--Race relations. --Political aspects. --History. --20th century.

Contents Introduction: Against uplift : performance, literature, and the queer Harlem Renaissance -- American cabaret performance and the production of intimacy -- The scene of Harlem cabaret : 1926 and after -- Closing time : Langston Hughes and the queer poetics of Harlem nightlife -- Rereading Du Bois reading McKay : uplift sociology and the problem of amusement -- Lena Horne's impersona -- Afterword: Irrealizing the queer Harlem Renaissance.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 227-243) and index.
LCCN 2008025289
ISBN9780226862514 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0226862518 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780226862521 (paper : alk. paper)
ISBN0226862526 (paper : alk. paper)

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