Slavery and Sentiment on the American Stage, 1787-1861: Lifting the Veil of Blac

Description: Slavery and Sentiment on the American Stage, 1787-1861: Lifting the Veil of Black by Heather S. Nathans For almost a hundred years before Uncle Toms Cabin burst on to the scene in 1852, the American theatre struggled to represent the evils of slavery. Slavery and Sentiment examines how both black and white Americans used the theatre to fight negative stereotypes of African Americans in the United States. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description For almost a hundred years before Uncle Toms Cabin burst on to the scene in 1852, the American theatre struggled to represent the evils of slavery. Slavery and Sentiment questions how the text, images, and performances presented to American audiences during the antebellum period engaged with the debate over black participation in American society. The book reconsiders traditional comic stereotypes like Jim Crow, as well as familiar sentimental ones, such as Uncle Tom. Using plays, poetry, performances, popular novels, and political cartoons, Heather Nathans blends American history, theatre history, and literary history to question how theatre and performance lifted the veil of black on American racism in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The book contributes to the ongoing discussion of the role of African-American characters and performers in American cultural history, offering scholars in a range of fields a new perspective on a complicated moment in the nations theatrical past. Author Biography Heather S. Nathans is Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre, University of Maryland. Table of Contents Introduction; 1. A nations promise; 2. The rules change; 3. Fantasies of Africa; 4. Sentimental enterprise - Yankees and Sambos; 5. Peace or a sword?; 6. Lead us not into temptation; Epilogue. Review Nathans shows us some of the ways in which the representation of such characters cunning and foolishness, pathos and nakedness, were felt to be powerful and important on the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century stage. Performing Ethos "From minstrelsy to open propaganda from both sides of the abolition debate the author introduces the reader to a stunning kaleidoscope of Black characters and their varying functions in the respective plays....The author has to be applauded first and foremost for keeping the scope of her study wide and also presenting plays and developments from the pro-slavery faction...Slavery and Sentiment on the American Stage 1787-1861 by Heather S. Nathans is an achievement which should not be underestimated...a volume which satisfies the reader interested in the history of slavery in the US just as well as the reader focusing on the history of drama. The in-depth outline of the history of the politics of slavery make the book a compendium which can impressively shed light on the developments that - after all - led to a war which the United States has up to our days not forgotten and which has an impact on modern relations within the Union...More work of this academic density is definitely desired in this field." -Michael Heinze, TheaterForschung "..the book is certainly essential to the understanding of the early American stage." -JUDIE NEWMAN, Journal of American Studies Review Quote "..the book is certainly essential to the understanding of the early American stage." -JUDIE NEWMAN, Journal of American Studies Promotional "Headline" This book examines how both black and white Americans used theatre to fight negative stereotypes of African Americans in the nineteenth century. Description for Bookstore For almost a hundred years before Uncle Toms Cabin burst on to the scene in 1852, the American theatre struggled to represent the evils of slavery. Slavery and Sentiment examines how both black and white Americans used the theatre to fight negative stereotypes of African Americans in the United States. Description for Library For almost a hundred years before Uncle Toms Cabin burst on to the scene in 1852, the American theatre struggled to represent the evils of slavery. Slavery and Sentiment examines how both black and white Americans used the theatre to fight negative stereotypes of African Americans in the United States. Details ISBN0521870119 Author Heather S. Nathans Short Title SLAVERY & SENTIMENT ON THE AME Publisher Cambridge University Press Language English ISBN-10 0521870119 ISBN-13 9780521870115 Media Book Format Hardcover Series Number 27 Year 2009 Publication Date 2009-03-31 Imprint Cambridge University Press Subtitle Lifting the Veil of Black Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 792.097309034 Pages 275 Illustrations 10 b/w illus. Series Cambridge Studies in American Theatre and Drama (Hardcover) Affiliation University of Maryland, College Park Audience Professional and Scholarly UK Release Date 2009-03-19 AU Release Date 2009-03-19 NZ Release Date 2009-03-19 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:168637825;

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