Rough Tactics
Black Performance in Political Spectacles, 1877-1932
In Rough Tactics: Black Performance in Political Spectacles, 1877-1932, author Mark A. Johnson examines three notable cases of Black participation in the spectacles of politics: the 1885-1898 local-option prohibition contests of Atlanta and Macon, Georgia; the United Confederate Veterans conflict with the Musicians' Union prior to the 1903 UCV Reunion in New Orleans; and the 1909 Memphis mayoral election featuring Edward Hull Crump and W. C. Handy. Through these case studies, Johnson explains how white politicians and Black performers wielded and manipulated racist stereotypes and Lost Cause mythology to achieve their respective goals. Ultima…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4968-3284-9
- EAN: 9781496832849
- Produktnummer: 36427766
- Verlag: Canongate Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 250 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Auflage: EPUB SINGLE
- Abbildungen: 28 b&w illustrations
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Mark A. Johnson
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