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Noonan, Ellen, 1966-

The strange career of Porgy and Bess race, culture, and America's most famous opera / [electronic resource] : Ellen Noonan. - Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2012. - xiii, 423 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A romance of Negro life : Porgy, 1925 -- Interlude : Charleston, 1680-1900 -- A chocolate-covered lithograph strip : Porgy, 1927 -- Interlude : Charleston, 1920 -1940 -- Gershwin's idea of what a Negro opera should be : Porgy and Bess, 1935 -- Neither the measure of America nor that of the Negro : Porgy and Bess, 1952-1956 -- Interlude : Charleston, 1940-1960 -- Forget any version you may have seen before : Porgy and Bess, 1959-2012 -- Epilogue : Charleston, 1970-2005.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
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Subjects--Personal Names:
Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Porgy and Bess.
Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940. Porgy and Bess.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Music and race.
Race in opera.
African Americans in popular culture--20th century.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Charleston (S.C.)--Race relations.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: ML410.G288 / N66 2012eb

Dewey Class. No.: 782.1