The Royalty Of Negro Vaudeville Hardcover

Nadine George-Graves

The Whitman Sisters were the highest paid act on the Negro Vaudeville Circuit, Theater Owner Booking Association (Toby), and one of the longest surviving touring companies (1899-1942). Nadine George-Graves shows that these four black women manipulated their race, gender, and class to resist hegemonic forces while achieving success. By maintaining a high-class image, they were able to challenge fictions of racial and gender identity.

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Nadine George Graves is Assistant Professor of Theater Studies at Yale University.

.first throughly researched and intelligent account of these forgotten women. Women's Review of Books