Elsie Houston - Revolutionary Soprano

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter One: Black Brazil in Paris Chapter Two: Running with the Surrealists Chapter Three: A Passport to Brazil Chapter Four: Baiana baiana baiana! Chapter Five: Voodoo in Harlem Chapter Six: The Primitive Quality of the Modern Index Bibliograpy

Product details

• Authors: Adjoa Osei, Adjoa (Research Fellow of History of Race Osei
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.04.2025
• EAN: 9780197693179
• ISBN: 978-0-19-769317-9
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art; MUSIC / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Biography: arts & entertainment, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Music, Biography: arts and entertainment