The scene of Harlem cabaret : race, sexuality, performance

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

Author/creator	Vogel, Shane
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.
Description	xiii, 257 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Subject(s)	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 note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-243) and index.
LCCN	2008025289
ISBN	9780226862514 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0226862518 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780226862521 (paper : alk. paper)
ISBN	0226862526 (paper : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	F 128.68.H3 V64 2009	✔ Available	Place Hold