Table of contents for A beautiful pageant : African American theatre, drama, and performance in the Harlem Renaissance, 1910-1927 / David Krasner.
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Introduction: African American Performance in the Harlem Renaissance
Part One: 1910-1918
Men in Black and White: Race and Masculinity in the 1910 Heavyweight Championship Fight
Exoticism, Dance, and Racial Myths: The Choreography of Aida Walker and Ethel Waters
The Pageant is the Thing: Black Nationalism and The Star of Ethiopia
Part Two: Drama
Walter Benjamin and the Lynching Play: Allegory and Mourning in Angelina Weld Grimke's Rachel
Migration, Fragmentation, and Identity: Zora Neale Hurston's Color Struck and the Geography of the Harlem Renaissance
The Wages of Culture: Alain Locke and the Folk Dramas of Georgia Douglas Johnson and Willis Richardson
Part Three: 1918-1927
The Banner of Freedom: Marcus Garvey and the Performance of Black Nationalism
Whose Role Is It, Anyway?: Charles Gilpin and the Harlem Renaissance
"What Constitutes a Race Drama and How May We Know It When We Find It?": The Little Theatre Movement and the Black Public Sphere
Shuffle Along and the Quest for Nostalgia: Black Musicals of the 1920s
Conclusion: The End of "Butter Side Up"
Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: American drama African American authors History and criticism, African Americans in the performing arts New York (State) New York History 20th century, African American theater New York (State) New York History 20th century, Performing arts New York (State) New York History 20th century, American drama New York (State) New York History and criticism, African Americans New York (State) New York Intellectual life, Theater New York (State) New York History 20th century, American drama 20th century History and criticism, Harlem (New York, N, Y, ) Intellectual life, African Americans in literature, Harlem Renaissance