Citizenship on Catfish Row Race and Nation in American Popular Culture

Citizenship on Catfish Row focuses on three seminal works in the history of American culture: the first full-length narrative film, D. W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation; the first integrated musical, Oscar Hammerstein and Jerome Kern's Showboat; and the first great American opera, George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess. Each of these works sought to make a statement about American identity in the form of a narrative, and each included in that narrative a prominent role for Black people.Each work included jarring or discordant elements that pointed to a deeper tension between the kind of stories Americans wish to tell about themselves and the historical and social reality of race. Although all three have been widely criticized, their efforts to connect the concepts of nation and race are not only instructive about the history of the American imagination but also provide unexpected resources for contemporary reflection.

ISBN:	9781643363288
Publisher:	The University of South Carolina Press
Imprint:	The University of South Carolina Press
Published date:	30 Aug 2022
DEWEY:	780.8996073
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	192
Weight:	262g
Height:	140mm
Width:	215mm
Spine width:	13mm

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