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Author Scheper, Jeanne, 1967- author.

Title Moving performances : divas, iconicity, and remembering the modern stage / Jeanne Scheper.

Publication Info. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2016.

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Description 1 online resource
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- The color line is always moving: Aida Overton Walker -- Transnational technologies of orientalism: Loïe Fuller's invented repertoires -- Voices within the voice: aural passing and Libby Holman's deracinated/reracinated sound -- "Much too busy to die": Josephine Baker's diva iconicity -- Conclusion: diva remains.
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Summary Offering innovative theorizations of performance, reception, and affect, Moving Performances introduces readers to four remarkable divas from the early twentieth century-Aida Overton Walker, Loïe Fuller, Libby Holman, and Josephine Baker-who worked as both cultural producers and critics, deftly subverting the tropes of exoticism, orientalism, and primitivism commonly used to dismiss women of color. Scheper rejects iconic depictions of these divas as frozen in a past moment, and vividly demonstrates how their performances continue to inspire ongoing movements.
Subject African American women entertainers -- History -- 20th century.
Women entertainers -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans in the performing arts.
Women in the performing arts -- United States.
Performing arts -- Political aspects -- United States -- 20th century.
Performing arts -- Social aspects -- United States -- 20th century.
United States -- Race relations -- 20th century.
PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- General.
HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century.
African American women entertainers. (OCoLC)fst00799493
African Americans in the performing arts. (OCoLC)fst00799740
Performing arts -- Political aspects. (OCoLC)fst01057918
Performing arts -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst01057933
Race relations. (OCoLC)fst01086509
Women entertainers. (OCoLC)fst01177638
Women in the performing arts. (OCoLC)fst01178042
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form: Print version: Scheper, Jeanne, 1967- Moving performances. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2016 9780813585451 (DLC) 2016003238 (OCoLC)938855775
ISBN 9780813585468 (electronic bk.)
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