The strange career of Porgy and Bess race, culture, and America's most famous opera - Noonan, Ellen, 1966-; ebrary, Inc. (Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2012)
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: Gershwin, George, -- 1898-1937.; Heyward, DuBose, -- 1885-1940.; Music and race; Race in opera; African Americans in popular culture -- 20th century; Charleston (S.C.) -- Race relations; Electronic books