The Royalty of Negro Vaudeville: The Whitman Sisters and the Negotiation of Race, Gender and Class in...

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N. George-Graves

The Royalty of Negro Vaudeville

The Whitman Sisters and the Negotiation of Race, Gender and Class in African American Theater...

N. George-Graves

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St Martin's Press
30 January 2003

Variety shows, music hall, cabaret; History: specific events & topics; Black & Asian studies

The Whitman Sisters were the highest paid act on the Negro Vaudeville Circuit, Theater Owner Booking Association (Toby), and one of the longest surviving touring companies (1899-1942). The group was considered the greatest incubator of dancing talent for Negro shows on or off Toby, and significantly contributed to American theater and dance history. In The Royalty of Negro Vaudeville , Nadine George-Graves provides an historical narrative of their achievements and uses black feminist theories, feminist theories of performance, and theories of class and popular culture to analyze the many layers of performance in which the Whitman Sisters participated, on and off the stage. She shows that these four black women manipulated their race, gender and class to resist hegemonic forces while achieving success. By maintaining a high-class image, they were able to challenge fictions of racial and gender identity.

By: N. George-Graves
Imprint: St Martin's Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9780312225629
ISBN 10: 0312225628
Pages: 183
Publication Date: 30 January 2003
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Nadine George Graves is Assistant Professor of Theater Studies at Yale University.

Reviews for The Royalty of Negro Vaudeville: The Whitman Sisters and the Negotiation of Race, Gender and Class in African American Theater 1900-1940

...first throughly researched and intelligent account of these forgotten women. Women's Review of Books <br>

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N. George-Graves

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