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Harlem's theaters : a staging ground for community, class, and contradiction, 1923-1939 / Adrienne Macki Braconi.

Author: Macki Braconi, Adrienne, author.

Imprint:Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2015.

Descriptionxii, 267 pages : ill. ; 23 cm

Note:Introduction: "Parent to hope" -- 1923-1928 -- Constructing racial uplift, class, and propaganda -- Constituting community -- 1929-1934 -- Staging sacred and secular experiments -- Per/(re)forming the community -- 1935-1939 -- Re-visioning the community -- Playing with history, signs, and fables -- Epilogue.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.


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