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Rough Amusements: The True Story of A'Lelia Walker HC GD+ 1ST 'FLAT SIGNED'
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A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections.
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Good
- Seller Notes
- “THIS BOOK IS IN GOOD+ CONDITION AND IS FLAT SIGNED ON A PLATE AND IS A 1ST EDITION”
- Signed
- Yes
- Book Series
- Historical
- Ex Libris
- No
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- MPN
- Does not apply
- Original Language
- English
- Intended Audience
- Adults
- Inscribed
- No
- Edition
- First Edition
- Vintage
- No
- Brand
- Unbranded
- Personalize
- No
- Type
- BOOK
- Era
- 1900s
- Personalized
- No
- Features
- Dust Jacket
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- ISBN
- 9781582342856
- Book Title
- Rough Amusements : The Story of a'Lelia Walker, Patroness of the Harlem Renaissance's down-Low Culture
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing USA
- Item Length
- 7.3 in
- Publication Year
- 2003
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Genre
- Fiction, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
- Topic
- Cultural Heritage, African American / General, General, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
- Item Weight
- 11.4 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 160 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-10
1582342857
ISBN-13
9781582342856
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2351924
Product Key Features
Book Title
Rough Amusements : The Story of a'Lelia Walker, Patroness of the Harlem Renaissance's down-Low Culture
Number of Pages
160 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Cultural Heritage, African American / General, General, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Publication Year
2003
Genre
Fiction, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
11.4 Oz
Item Length
7.3 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2003-041878
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Synopsis
From acclaimed novelist Ben Neihart, a vibrant portrait of gay Harlem's most memorable diva: A'Lelia Walker. When A'Lelia Walker died in 1931 after a midnight snack of lobster and chocolate cake washed down with champagne, it marked the end of one of the most striking social careers in New York's history. The daughter of rags-to-riches multi-millionaire Madame C.J. Walker (the washerwoman who marketed the most successful straightening technique for African American hair), A'Lelia was America's first black poor little rich girl, using her inheritance to throw elaborate, celebrity-packed parties in her Westchester Mansion and her 136th Street would-be salon, 'Dark Tower'. In Rough Amusements , third in Bloomsbury's Urban Historicals series, Neihart takes us into the heart of A'Lelia's world-gay Harlem in the 1920s. In tracing its cultural antecedents, he delves into the sexual subculture of nineteenth-century New York, exploring mixed-race prostitution; the bachelorization of New York society; French Balls (the most sophisticated forum for testing the boundaries of urban sexual behavior); and The Slide (New York's most depraved nineteenth-century bar). Using A'Lelia's lavish parties as a jumping-off point, Neihart traces the line connecting Davy Crockett's world without women to Walt Whitman's boundless love of beautiful men to A'Lelia's cultivation of the racial, social, and sexual risk that defined the Harlem Renaissance., From acclaimed novelist Ben Neihart, a vibrant portrait of gay Harlem's most memorable diva: A'Lelia Walker. When A'Lelia Walker died in 1931 after a midnight snack of lobster and chocolate cake washed down with champagne, it marked the end of one of the most striking social careers in New York's history. The daughter of rags-to-riches multi-millionaire Madame C.J. Walker (the washerwoman who marketed the most successful straightening technique for African American hair), A'Lelia was America's first black poor little rich girl, using her inheritance to throw elaborate, celebrity-packed parties in her Westchester Mansion and her 136th Street would-be salon, 'Dark Tower'. In Rough Amusements , third in Bloomsbury's Urban Historicals series, Neihart takes us into the heart of A'Lelia's world-gay Harlem in the 1920s. In tracing its cultural antecedents, he delves into the sexual subculture of nineteenth-century New York, exploring mixed-race prostitution; the bachelorization of New York society; French Balls ("the most sophisticated forum for testing the boundaries of urban sexual behavior"); and The Slide (New York's most depraved nineteenth-century bar). Using A'Lelia's lavish parties as a jumping-off point, Neihart traces the line connecting Davy Crockett's world without women to Walt Whitman's boundless love of beautiful men to A'Lelia's cultivation of the racial, social, and sexual risk that defined the Harlem Renaissance.
LC Classification Number
PS3564.E296R68 2003
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