Citizenship on Catfish Row
A radical reinterpretation of three controversial works that illuminate racism and national identity in the United States
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 ...
A radical reinterpretation of three controversial works that illuminate racism and national identity in the United States
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 ...
