Bill Egan

African American Entertainers in Australia and New Zealand

A History, 1788-1941

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

¿ Eleven African Americans, including a musician, were among the First Fleet of colonial settlers to Australia. In the 150-plus following years, African Americans visiting the region included jubilee singers, vaudevillians, sports stars and general entertainers. This book provides the only comprehensive history of more than 350 African American entertainers in Australia and New Zealand between European settlement in Australia in 1788 and the entry of the United States into World War II in 1941. Famous names covered include boxer Jack Johnson, film star Nina Mae McKinney and jazz singer Eva Taylor. Background stories provide a multidimensional view of the entertainers' time in a place very far from home.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9781476677958
• ISBN-10: 1476677956
• Artikelnr.: 57119986

Autorenporträt

Bill Egan is a Canberra (Australia) based independent researcher with a lifelong interest in jazz and African American culture.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction
1.
In the Beginning
2.
African American Minstrels Arrive: Dueling Georgians
3.
The Fisk Jubilee Singers
4.
Further Adventures of the Jubilee Singers
5.
Charles B. Hicks Returns
6.
Orpheus McAdoo and the Return of the Fisks
7.
The Tivoli Era Starts
8.
The Return of Orpheus McAdoo and a Rival
9.
McAdoo and Curtis: The Battle Begins 10.
McAdoo Reigns Again 11.
Eva Taylor (Irene Gibbons) and Josephine Gassman 12.
This Sporting Life: Major Taylor 13.
George Sorlie and Cassie Walmer 14.
Big, Bad Jack Johnson 15.
The Lay of the Last Minstrel: Billy Kersands (1912) 16.
Throw the Switch to Vaudeville 17.
The Jazz Age (1923-1925) 18.
The Jazz Age (1926-1927) 19.
Sonny Clay's Colored Idea (White Australia's Darkest Hour) 20.
The Post-Clay Lean Years (1928-1934) 21.
The Norman Thomas Quintette and Ulysses S. Thompson 22.
Nina Mae McKinney 23.
1937: The Harmony Kings and Bob Parrish 24.
1938: Chris Gill, the Edwards Sisters, Chuck Richards and Peg Leg Bates 25.
Frankie Manning and the Lindy Hoppers (1938-1939) 26.
1939: Radcliffe and Rodgers, Ada Brown, the Dancing Chefs, Chuck and Chuckles, the Mills Brothers 27.
Epilogue: 1940-1941 and After Appendix 1: African American Boxers Pre-World War I Appendix 2: African American Boxers Post-World War I Appendix 3: The Later Fisk Jubilee Singers, 1902-1936 Appendix 4: Miscellanea Chapter Notes Bibliography Index