Stories of Freedom in Black New York / / Shane White.
Stories of Freedom in Black New York recreates the experience of black New Yorkers as they moved from slavery to freedom. In the early decades of the nineteenth century, New York City's black community strove to realize what freedom meant, to find a new sense of itself, and, in the process, cre...
Saved in:
Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada) |
---|---|
VerfasserIn: | |
Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2022] ©2002 |
Year of Publication: | 2022 |
Language: | English |
Online Access: | |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (270 p.) |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
id |
9780674045149 |
---|---|
ctrlnum |
(DE-B1597)574536 |
collection |
bib_alma |
record_format |
marc |
spelling |
White, Shane, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Stories of Freedom in Black New York / Shane White. Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2022] ©2002 1 online resource (270 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 THE END OF SLAVERY -- 2 STAGING FREEDOM -- 3 SHAKESPEARE'S PROUD REPRESENTATIVE -- 4 IMITATION -- EPILOGUE -- NOTES -- Acknowledgments -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Stories of Freedom in Black New York recreates the experience of black New Yorkers as they moved from slavery to freedom. In the early decades of the nineteenth century, New York City's black community strove to realize what freedom meant, to find a new sense of itself, and, in the process, created a vibrant urban culture. Through exhaustive research, Shane White imaginatively recovers the raucous world of the street, the elegance of the city's African American balls, and the grubbiness of the Police Office. It allows us to observe the style of black men and women, to watch their public behavior, and to hear the cries of black hawkers, the strident music of black parades, and the sly stories of black conmen. Taking center stage in this story is the African Company, a black theater troupe that exemplified the new spirit of experimentation that accompanied slavery's demise. For a few short years in the 1820s, a group of black New Yorkers, many of them ex-slaves, challenged pervasive prejudice and performed plays, including Shakespearean productions, before mixed race audiences. Their audacity provoked feelings of excitement and hope among blacks, but often of disgust by many whites for whom the theater's existence epitomized the horrors of emancipation. Stories of Freedom in Black New York brilliantly intertwines black theater and urban life into a powerful interpretation of what the end of slavery meant for blacks, whites, and New York City itself. White's story of the emergence of free black culture offers a unique understanding of emancipation's impact on everyday life, and on the many forms freedom can take. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 31. Jan 2022) African American actors Biography New York (State) New York. African American theater History 19th century New York (State) New York. African Americans History 19th century New York (State) New York. African Americans Intellectual life 19th century. African Americans Intellectual life New York (State) New York. African Americans Social conditions 19th century New York (State) New York. Slavery Social aspects History 19th century New York (State) New York. HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877). bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada) 9783110756067 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110442205 https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674045149?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674045149 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780674045149/original |
language |
English |
format |
eBook |
author |
White, Shane, White, Shane, |
spellingShingle |
White, Shane, White, Shane, Stories of Freedom in Black New York / Frontmatter -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 THE END OF SLAVERY -- 2 STAGING FREEDOM -- 3 SHAKESPEARE'S PROUD REPRESENTATIVE -- 4 IMITATION -- EPILOGUE -- NOTES -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
author_facet |
White, Shane, White, Shane, |
author_variant |
s w sw s w sw |
author_role |
VerfasserIn VerfasserIn |
author_sort |
White, Shane, |
title |
Stories of Freedom in Black New York / |
title_full |
Stories of Freedom in Black New York / Shane White. |
title_fullStr |
Stories of Freedom in Black New York / Shane White. |
title_full_unstemmed |
Stories of Freedom in Black New York / Shane White. |
title_auth |
Stories of Freedom in Black New York / |
title_alt |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 THE END OF SLAVERY -- 2 STAGING FREEDOM -- 3 SHAKESPEARE'S PROUD REPRESENTATIVE -- 4 IMITATION -- EPILOGUE -- NOTES -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
title_new |
Stories of Freedom in Black New York / |
title_sort |
stories of freedom in black new york / |
publisher |
Harvard University Press, |
publishDate |
2022 |
physical |
1 online resource (270 p.) |
contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 THE END OF SLAVERY -- 2 STAGING FREEDOM -- 3 SHAKESPEARE'S PROUD REPRESENTATIVE -- 4 IMITATION -- EPILOGUE -- NOTES -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
isbn |
9780674045149 9783110756067 9783110442205 |
callnumber-first |
F - General American History |
callnumber-subject |
F - General American History |
callnumber-label |
F128 |
callnumber-sort |
F 3128.9 N4 B W48 42002EB |
url |
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674045149?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674045149 https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780674045149/original |
illustrated |
Not Illustrated |
dewey-hundreds |
900 - History & geography |
dewey-tens |
970 - History of North America |
dewey-ones |
974 - Northeastern United States |
dewey-full |
974.7100496073 |
dewey-sort |
3974.7100496073 |
dewey-raw |
974.7100496073 |
dewey-search |
974.7100496073 |
doi_str_mv |
10.4159/9780674045149?locatt=mode:legacy |
work_keys_str_mv |
AT whiteshane storiesoffreedominblacknewyork |
status_str |
n |
ids_txt_mv |
(DE-B1597)574536 |
carrierType_str_mv |
cr |
hierarchy_parent_title |
Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada) Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
is_hierarchy_title |
Stories of Freedom in Black New York / |
container_title |
Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada) |
_version_ |
1770176191603408896 |
fullrecord |
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><collection xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim"><record><leader>04919nam a22007335i 4500</leader><controlfield tag="001">9780674045149</controlfield><controlfield tag="003">DE-B1597</controlfield><controlfield tag="005">20220131112047.0</controlfield><controlfield tag="006">m|||||o||d||||||||</controlfield><controlfield tag="007">cr || ||||||||</controlfield><controlfield tag="008">220131t20222002mau fo d z eng d</controlfield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">9780674045149</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="024" ind1="7" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">10.4159/9780674045149</subfield><subfield code="2">doi</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(DE-B1597)574536</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="040" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-B1597</subfield><subfield code="b">eng</subfield><subfield code="c">DE-B1597</subfield><subfield code="e">rda</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="041" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">eng</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="044" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">mau</subfield><subfield code="c">US-MA</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="050" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">F128.9.N4 ǂb W48 2002eb</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="072" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">HIS036050</subfield><subfield code="2">bisacsh</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="082" ind1="0" ind2="4"><subfield code="a">974.7100496073</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="100" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">White, Shane, </subfield><subfield code="e">author.</subfield><subfield code="4">aut</subfield><subfield code="4">http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="245" ind1="1" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Stories of Freedom in Black New York /</subfield><subfield code="c">Shane White.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Cambridge, MA : </subfield><subfield code="b">Harvard University Press, </subfield><subfield code="c">[2022]</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="c">©2002</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="300" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">1 online resource (270 p.)</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="336" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">text</subfield><subfield code="b">txt</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacontent</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="337" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">computer</subfield><subfield code="b">c</subfield><subfield code="2">rdamedia</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="338" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">online resource</subfield><subfield code="b">cr</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacarrier</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="347" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">text file</subfield><subfield code="b">PDF</subfield><subfield code="2">rda</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="505" ind1="0" ind2="0"><subfield code="t">Frontmatter -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Contents -- </subfield><subfield code="t">INTRODUCTION -- </subfield><subfield code="t">1 THE END OF SLAVERY -- </subfield><subfield code="t">2 STAGING FREEDOM -- </subfield><subfield code="t">3 SHAKESPEARE'S PROUD REPRESENTATIVE -- </subfield><subfield code="t">4 IMITATION -- </subfield><subfield code="t">EPILOGUE -- </subfield><subfield code="t">NOTES -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Acknowledgments -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Index</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="506" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">restricted access</subfield><subfield code="u">http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec</subfield><subfield code="f">online access with authorization</subfield><subfield code="2">star</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="520" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Stories of Freedom in Black New York recreates the experience of black New Yorkers as they moved from slavery to freedom. In the early decades of the nineteenth century, New York City's black community strove to realize what freedom meant, to find a new sense of itself, and, in the process, created a vibrant urban culture. Through exhaustive research, Shane White imaginatively recovers the raucous world of the street, the elegance of the city's African American balls, and the grubbiness of the Police Office. It allows us to observe the style of black men and women, to watch their public behavior, and to hear the cries of black hawkers, the strident music of black parades, and the sly stories of black conmen. Taking center stage in this story is the African Company, a black theater troupe that exemplified the new spirit of experimentation that accompanied slavery's demise. For a few short years in the 1820s, a group of black New Yorkers, many of them ex-slaves, challenged pervasive prejudice and performed plays, including Shakespearean productions, before mixed race audiences. Their audacity provoked feelings of excitement and hope among blacks, but often of disgust by many whites for whom the theater's existence epitomized the horrors of emancipation. Stories of Freedom in Black New York brilliantly intertwines black theater and urban life into a powerful interpretation of what the end of slavery meant for blacks, whites, and New York City itself. White's story of the emergence of free black culture offers a unique understanding of emancipation's impact on everyday life, and on the many forms freedom can take.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="538" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="546" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">In English.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="588" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 31. Jan 2022)</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">African American actors</subfield><subfield code="x">Biography</subfield><subfield code="x">New York (State)</subfield><subfield code="x">New York.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">African American theater</subfield><subfield code="x">History</subfield><subfield code="x">19th century</subfield><subfield code="x">New York (State)</subfield><subfield code="x">New York.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">African Americans</subfield><subfield code="x">History</subfield><subfield code="x">19th century</subfield><subfield code="x">New York (State)</subfield><subfield code="x">New York.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">African Americans</subfield><subfield code="x">Intellectual life</subfield><subfield code="x">19th century.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">African Americans</subfield><subfield code="x">Intellectual life</subfield><subfield code="x">New York (State)</subfield><subfield code="x">New York.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">African Americans</subfield><subfield code="x">Social conditions</subfield><subfield code="x">19th century</subfield><subfield code="x">New York (State)</subfield><subfield code="x">New York.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Slavery</subfield><subfield code="x">Social aspects</subfield><subfield code="x">History</subfield><subfield code="x">19th century</subfield><subfield code="x">New York (State)</subfield><subfield code="x">New York.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877).</subfield><subfield code="2">bisacsh</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="773" ind1="0" ind2="8"><subfield code="i">Title is part of eBook package:</subfield><subfield code="d">De Gruyter</subfield><subfield code="t">HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada)</subfield><subfield code="z">9783110756067</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="773" ind1="0" ind2="8"><subfield code="i">Title is part of eBook package:</subfield><subfield code="d">De Gruyter</subfield><subfield code="t">Harvard University Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013</subfield><subfield code="z">9783110442205</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="0"><subfield code="u">https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674045149?locatt=mode:legacy</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="0"><subfield code="u">https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674045149</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="2"><subfield code="3">Cover</subfield><subfield code="u">https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780674045149/original</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">978-3-11-044220-5 Harvard University Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013</subfield><subfield code="c">2000</subfield><subfield code="d">2013</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">978-3-11-075606-7 HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada)</subfield><subfield code="b">2013</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_BACKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_CL_HICS</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_EBACKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_EBKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_ECL_HICS</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_EEBKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_ESSHALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_PPALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_SSHALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">GBV-deGruyter-alles</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA11SSHE</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA13ENGE</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA17SSHEE</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA5EBK</subfield></datafield></record></collection> |