Title Spirituals and the birth of a black entertainment industry / Sandra Jean Graham.

Publication Info.	Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2018]
	©2018

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department	782.253 GRAHAM	Check Shelf

Description	xvi, 330 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm.
Series	Music in American life
	Music in American life.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-312) and index.
Summary	In the first book-length treatment of postbellum spirituals in theatrical entertainments, Sandra Jean Graham mines a trove of resources to chart the spiritual's journey from the private lives of slaves to the concert stage. Graham navigates the conflicting agendas of those who, in adapting spirituals for their own ends, sold conceptions of racial identity to their patrons. In so doing they laid the foundation for a black entertainment industry whose artistic, financial, and cultural practices extended into the twentieth century.
Subject	African Americans -- Music -- History and criticism.
	Jubilee singers.
	Spirituals (Songs) -- United States -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
	Minstrel shows -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	African Americans -- Music. (OCoLC)fst00799648
	Jubilee singers. (OCoLC)fst00984279
	Minstrel shows. (OCoLC)fst01023491
	Spirituals (Songs) (OCoLC)fst01130204
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term	1800-1899
Genre/Form	Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN	9780252041631 (hbk. alk. paper)
	0252041631 (hbk. alk. paper)
	9780252083273 (paperback alk. paper)
	025208327X (paperback alk. paper)

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