Elsie Houston : revolutionary soprano /

Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, black and mixed-race women from across the globe came together in Paris and New York to engage in an artistic, sexual, intellectual, and political revolution -the ultimate flapper girls, they moulded and shaped Western avant-garde thought and nascent ideas about race,...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Osei, Adjoa
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, black and mixed-race women from across the globe came together in Paris and New York to engage in an artistic, sexual, intellectual, and political revolution -the ultimate flapper girls, they moulded and shaped Western avant-garde thought and nascent ideas about race, sexuality, and left-wing politics, as well as the rapidly changing, increasingly visible role of women in modern life. This biography uncovers the story of one extraordinary figure known as Elsie Houston, who was a Brazilian, mixed-race, classically trained soprano. Following her artistic and social networks from Brazil to Paris and then on to New York, author Adjoa Osei opens the door to an unexpected history of race, sexuality, and society during the twentieth century.
Umfang:
1 online resource (209 pages)
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780197693209
0197693202
9780197693186
0197693180
Schlagworte:
Houston, Elsie, > 1902-1943.
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