02009nam a2200385 a 4500 ebr10628390 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 120424s2012 ncu sb 001 0deng d 2012016635 9780807837160 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780807837337 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)819070474 n-us--- n-us-sc ML410.G288 N66 2012eb 782.1 23 Noonan, Ellen, 1966- The strange career of Porgy and Bess [electronic resource] : race, culture, and America's most famous opera / Ellen Noonan. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2012. xiii, 423 p. Includes bibliographical references and index. A romance of Negro life : Porgy, 1925 -- Interlude : Charleston, 1680-1900 -- A chocolate-covered lithograph strip : Porgy, 1927 -- Interlude : Charleston, 1920 -1940 -- Gershwin's idea of what a Negro opera should be : Porgy and Bess, 1935 -- Neither the measure of America nor that of the Negro : Porgy and Bess, 1952-1956 -- Interlude : Charleston, 1940-1960 -- Forget any version you may have seen before : Porgy and Bess, 1959-2012 -- Epilogue : Charleston, 1970-2005. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Porgy and Bess. Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940. Porgy and Bess. Music and race. Race in opera. African Americans in popular culture 20th century. Charleston (S.C.) Race relations. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10628390 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 49923 49923