Citizenship on Catfish Row: Race and Nation in American Popular Culture

by Geoffrey Galt Harpham

Book Overview

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 opera, George Gershwin's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 164336328X
• ISBN13: 9781643363288
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.4"