Waltzing in the dark : African American vaudeville and race politics in the swing era /

Waltzing in the dark : African American vaudeville and race politics in the swing era /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Gottschild, Brenda Dixon.
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	New York : St. Martin's Press, 2000.
Description:	viii, 270 p., [9] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Webb, Margot, -- ballroom dancer. Webb, Margot, -- 1910- Norton and Margot (Dance team) Norton and Margot (Dance team) African American dancers -- Biography. Women dancers -- United States -- Biography. Vaudeville -- Social aspects. African American dancers. Vaudeville -- Social aspects. Women dancers. United States. Biography.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4281807

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ISBN:	0312214189
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-178) and index.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Foreword
Part I.
1.. The Race Trope in Swing Era Performance
2.. From Marjorie to Margot
3.. "You Didn't Go Downtown--Everything Was Uptown": Harlem, U.S.A.
4.. Who's Got His Own: Black Creativity as Commodity
Part II.
5.. Color and Caste in Black and White: Performing at Home and Abroad
Part III.
6.. Coda to a Dream Deferred
7.. Legacy: All That Jazz
Chronology: Margot Webb's Professional Career
Notes
References
Index