Elsie Houston - Osei, Adjoa
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This new biography traces the fascinating life and work of Elsie Houston, a Brazilian, mixed-race, classically trained soprano who captured the 1920s and 1930s Western artistic vogue for black exotica by restylizing Afro-Brazilian folk songs on elite stages in Paris and New York.

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Produktbeschreibung
This new biography traces the fascinating life and work of Elsie Houston, a Brazilian, mixed-race, classically trained soprano who captured the 1920s and 1930s Western artistic vogue for black exotica by restylizing Afro-Brazilian folk songs on elite stages in Paris and New York.
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Autorenporträt
Adjoa Osei is a Research Fellow of History of Race at Trinity College, University of Cambridge. She is a cultural historian whose research is actively interdisciplinary, exploring themes that are at the intersection of performing arts, Brazilian studies, Afro-Latin American studies, and Francophone studies. Her research has been published in major refereed journals and books. As a BBC New Generation Thinker, Adjoa has a growing portfolio of public engagement and media work. Prior to her career as a public intellectual, Adjoa worked internationally as a showgirl.