Babylon girls : black women performers and the shaping of the modern /

"Babylon Girls is a groundbreaking cultural history of the African American women who performed in variety shows - chorus lines, burlesque revues, cabaret acts, and the like - between 1890 and 1945. Through a consideration of the gestures, costuming, vocal techniques, and stagecraft developed b...

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Main Author: Brown, Jayna, 1966-
Format: Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2008
Series:e-Duke books scholarly collection.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central