Darktown Strutters is the story of Jim Crow, a remarkable dancer, born in slavery, who performs in minstrel shows, South and North, during the furious times of pre- and post- Civil War America. Touching, harrowing, and inspiring, Darktown Strutters is a unique novel of courage and pride from the author of Tragic Magic.
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Darktown Strutters is the story of Jim Crow, a remarkable dancer, born in slavery, who performs in minstrel shows, South and North, during the furious times of pre- and post- Civil War America. Touching, harrowing, and inspiring, Darktown Strutters is a unique novel of courage and pride from the author of Tragic Magic.
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Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
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New York. 1994. Cane Hill. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 0943433118. 224 pages. paperback. Cover art: detail from 19th century poster. keywords: Literature America African American. FROM THE PUBLISHER-DARKTOWN STRUTTERS is the story of Jim Crow, a remarkable black dancer, born in slavery, who performs in minstrel shows, South and North, during the furious dines of pre-and post-Civil War America. His experiences, onstage and off, are a mix of applause with mob violence, of love and loss, played against the grim laughter of a black nation within a nation finding its way to an ever-elusive promised freedom. Touching, harrowing, inspiring, this is a unique novel of courage and pride. ‘Wesley Brown's Darktown Strutters, the story of 19th Century minstrel performers, is a free-handed performance in the surrealism of its subject and deals with history the way Coleman Hawkins might energize the standard version of a show tune. An original and visionary book. '-Ted Solotaroff. ‘Armed with the brilliantly revealing image of 19th century blackface minstrelsy, Darktown Strutters cuts to the cruel center of American racialism. Wesley Brown's traveling minstrel show is where the symbolism of skin color establishes public meaning and private identity the way a funhouse mirror measures height and weight. Like Melville's THE CONFIDENCE MAN, this is a scary book, and mordantly funny, too. We all look ridiculous in it and, sad to say, instantly recognizable. '-Russell Banks. inventory #19112.