Modernism on the world stage
In 1954, Maya Angelou performed in a production of George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess that toured through Italy. This United States-sponsored initiative brought African American performance to European stages in an effort to combat Soviet propaganda about American racism.
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| author | Kastleman, Rebecca Riordan, Kevin Warden, Claire |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1437762020-09-23T05:47:47Z Modernism on the world stage Kastleman, Rebecca Riordan, Kevin Warden, Claire School of Humanities Humanities::Language Modernism Performance In 1954, Maya Angelou performed in a production of George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess that toured through Italy. This United States-sponsored initiative brought African American performance to European stages in an effort to combat Soviet propaganda about American racism. 2020-09-23T05:47:47Z 2020-09-23T05:47:47Z 2019 Journal Article Kastleman, R., Riordan, K., & Warden, C. (2019). Modernism on the world stage. Modernism/Modernity, 4(3). doi:10.26597/mod.0126 - https://hdl.handle.net/10356/143776 10.26597/mod.0126 3 4 en Modernism/Modernity © 2019 Johns Hopkins University Press. All rights reserved. |
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| title | Modernism on the world stage |
| title_full | Modernism on the world stage |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Modernism on the world stage |
| title_short | Modernism on the world stage |
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| topic | Humanities::Language Modernism Performance |
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