The Last Darky: Bert Williams, Black-On-Black Minstrelsy, and the African Diaspora - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Louis Chude-SokeiSeries:John Hope Franklin Center Books (Paperback)Publish date:2006-01-16Pages:288
Language:EnglishPublisher:Duke University PressISBN-13:9780822336433ISBN-10:082233643XUPC:9780822336433Book Category:Social Science, Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:Cultural & Ethnic Studies, TheaterBook Topic:American, History & CriticismAward:2007 Hurston/Wright LEGACY Award Finalist - Nonfiction AwardSize:9.28 x 6.28 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.9304Product ID:SCTF5TQ5CC
The Last Darky: Bert Williams, Black-On-Black Minstrelsy, and the African Diaspora
The Last "Darky" establishes Bert Williams, the comedian of the late nineteenth century and early twentieth, as central to the development of a global black modernism centered in Harlem's Renaissance. Before integrating Broadway in 1910 via a controversial stint with the Ziegfeld Follies, Williams was already an international icon. Yet his name has faded into near obscurity, his extraordinary...
Series: John Hope Franklin Center Books (Paperback)
Language:EnglishPublisher:Duke University PressISBN-13:9780822336433ISBN-10:082233643XUPC:9780822336433Book Category:Social Science, Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:Cultural & Ethnic Studies, TheaterBook Topic:American, History & CriticismAward:2007 Hurston/Wright LEGACY Award Finalist - Nonfiction AwardSize:9.28 x 6.28 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.9304Product ID:SCTF5TQ5CC
Louis Chude-Sokei is Professor of English and African American Studies at Boston University.
Publisher: Duke University Press
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🏆 2007 Hurston/Wright LEGACY Award Finalist - Nonfiction Award
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