Spirituals and the birth of a black entertainment industry / Sandra Jean Graham.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780252041631
- ISBN: 0252041631
- ISBN: 9780252083273
- ISBN: 025208327X
- Physical Description: xvi, 330 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2018]
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-312) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Introduction. -- The folk spiritual. -- Part I. The rise of a jubilee industry -- The Jubilee Singers of Fisk University -- The Fisk concert spiritual -- Innovators, imitators, and a jubilee industry.Part II. Spirituals for the masses. -- The minstrel show gets religion -- Commercial spirituals -- Spirituals in Uncle Tom shows, melodramas, and spectacles -- Blurring boundaries between traditional and commercial -- Conclusion: lessons and legacies.
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- Jubilee Singers (Fisk University)
African Americans > Music > History and criticism.
Spirituals (Songs) > United States > 19th century > History and criticism.
Minstrel shows > United States > History > 19th century. - Genre:
- Minstrel shows.
Spirituals (Songs)
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Jacksonville Main Library | 782.253 GRA (Text) | 36015000049441 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
