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Studies in African and Afro-American Culture Ser.: Pages from the Harlem Renaissance : A Chronicle of Performance by Anthony Hill (2006, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherLang A&G International Academic Publishers, Peter
ISBN-100820428647
ISBN-139780820428642
eBay Product ID (ePID)187446
Product Key Features
Number of Pages188 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NamePages from the Harlem Renaissance : a Chronicle of Performance
Publication Year2006
SubjectUnited States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), General, American / General, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies, African American, Sociology / Urban
FeaturesRevised
TypeTextbook
AuthorAnthony Hill
Subject AreaDrama, Social Science, History
SeriesStudies in African and Afro-American Culture Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight9.9 Oz
Item Length6 in
Item Width9 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number3
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN95-031999
Dewey Edition20
Reviews«As Black show business grew (during the 1920s), _Billboard_, the national show business tabloid, saw an opportunity to increase its circulation. Who better to report the burgeoning African American show business than James Albert Jackson, a former journalist, a conservative republican, and a railroad detective who knew the itinerant life. The logo on Jackson_s column read _J.A. Jackson_s Page in the interest of the Colored Actor, Showman, and Musician of America,_ and he did just that. Not only did Jackson review vaudeville, film, fairs, circuses, and legitimate drama, but he used his position at _Billboard_ to confront abuses...[to] campaign for family entertainment...[and to] demand that producers meet their obligations to performers, and in return, actors fulfill their contracts... In writing about Jackson_s Page (1920-25), Professor Hill provides insight into an amazing man, who wrote about a world and time that is now recognized as a seminal period of American performance history.» (James V. Hatch, Excerpt from the Foreword) «Anthony Hill has filled in some quite important blanks in the history and criticism of African American performance. Now we understand that the African American performing arts are where they are in a great part because of the expertise and dedication of James Albert _Billboard_ Jackson. We are greatly indebted to Professor Hill.» (Samuel A. Hay, Professor and Executive Director of Theatre, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University) «Antony Hill has rendered an important service to the historical and critical record on American theatre _ and African American theatre in particular _ by focusing upon an all but unknown chapter concerning Black journalist James Albert Jackson and his unique, five-year-long theatrical _Page_ in _Billboard_ during the height of the Harlem Renaissance. Among other achievements, Jackson_s Page was instrumental in sparking the creation of the famous musical _Shuffle Along,_ which in turn generated some of the most important Black writers, composers, and performers of the period. I found it fascinating, highly informative, and substantially useful. Score one for Professor Hill_s stellar contribution.» (William B. Branch, Visiting Distinguished Professor, TheWilliam Peterson College of New Jersey), «As Black show business grew (during the 1920s), 'Billboard', the national show business tabloid, saw an opportunity to increase its circulation. Who better to report the burgeoning African American show business than James Albert Jackson, a former journalist, a conservative republican, and a railroad detective who knew the itinerant life. The logo on Jackson's column read 'J.A. Jackson's Page in the interest of the Colored Actor, Showman, and Musician of America,' and he did just that. Not only did Jackson review vaudeville, film, fairs, circuses, and legitimate drama, but he used his position at 'Billboard' to confront abuses...[to] campaign for family entertainment...[and to] demand that producers meet their obligations to performers, and in return, actors fulfill their contracts... In writing about Jackson's Page (1920-25), Professor Hill provides insight into an amazing man, who wrote about a world and time that is now recognized as a seminal period of American performance history.» (James V. Hatch, Excerpt from the Foreword) «Anthony Hill has filled in some quite important blanks in the history and criticism of African American performance. Now we understand that the African American performing arts are where they are in a great part because of the expertise and dedication of James Albert 'Billboard' Jackson. We are greatly indebted to Professor Hill.» (Samuel A. Hay, Professor and Executive Director of Theatre, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University) «Antony Hill has rendered an important service to the historical and critical record on American theatre - and African American theatre in particular - by focusing upon an all but unknown chapter concerning Black journalist James Albert Jackson and his unique, five-year-long theatrical 'Page' in 'Billboard' during the height of the Harlem Renaissance. Among other achievements, Jackson's Page was instrumental in sparking the creation of the famous musical 'Shuffle Along,' which in turn generated some of the most important Black writers, composers, and performers of the period. I found it fascinating, highly informative, and substantially useful. Score one for Professor Hill's stellar contribution.» (William B. Branch, Visiting Distinguished Professor, TheWilliam Peterson College of New Jersey)
Series Volume Number6
Dewey Decimal791/.092 B
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
SynopsisAnthony Hill's book, Pages from the Harlem Renaissance, is an historical and critical analysis of the nature and significance of J.A. Jackson's Page in Billboard. Hill explores Jackson's vision of black performance as seen through the Page against the larger framework of national and cultural concerns of the 1920s. The study is a testimony to the major accomplishments of black performers in all phases of black show business. Hill documents the development of the column from its founding in 1920 to its disappearance in 1925, focusing on Jackson as a critic, reporter, spokesman, and booster of black entertainment. The author moves on to assess Jackson's role in shaping black performance relative to the major theatrical critics W.E.B. DuBois, Theophilus Lewis, Sylvester Russell, and Romeo Dougherty. He then discusses key issues that include setting standards, improving conditions on the TOBA touring circuit, and organizing unions.
LC Classification NumberPN1708.J28H56 1996
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