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In this hard-hitting anthology, Ishmael Reed and Carla Blank have
invited a diverse group of informed and accomplished writers, both
women and men, who are rarely heard to comment on the long-standing
bigotry on Broadway towards many different ethnic minorities. How
do intellectuals and scholars feel about how members of their
ethnic groups are portrayed on Broadway? How would we know? Very
few of them have the power to rate which plays and musicals are
worthy and which are flops, and above all, be heard or read. The
American critical fraternity is an exclusive club. In this
hard-hitting anthology, Ishmael Reed and Carla Blank have invited a
diverse group of informed and accomplishes writers, both women and
men, who are rarely heard to comment on the long-standing bigotry
on Broadway towards many different ethnic minorities. Contributors
include Lonely Christopher, Tommy Curry, Jack Foley, Emil
Guillermo, Claire J. Harris, Yuri Kageyama, Soraya McDonald, Nancy
Mercado, Aimee Phan, Betsy Theobald Richards, Shawn Wong, David
Yearsley, and the editors. Under review are Madame Butterfly, the
Irving Berlin songbook, Oklahoma, South Pacific, Miss Saigon,
Flower Drum Song, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, The Color Purple,
The Book of Mormon, West Side Story and Hamilton.
This book focuses on the lives and works of two of the very first
women of European American ancestry to practice architecture in
North America during the 19th century. Mother Joseph du
Sacre-Coeur, a Sister of Providence - born Esther Pariseau, in St.
Elzar, Quebec - is credited with works built in the present states
of Washington, Idaho, Montana, northern Oregon, and in the province
of British Columbia. For her contributions, Mother Joseph was
honored by the State of Washington as one of two people to
represent it in the National Statuary Hall Collection in
Washington, DC. Louise Blanchard Bethune designed and built works
in the Buffalo, New York area. Storming the Old Boys' Citadel
follows the evolving histories of two Revival-styled multiuse
public buildings considered to be these women's major works. Listed
on the United States' National Register of Historic Places, they
have both continued to function, with extensive additions and other
changes made to each architect's original structure, for the
communities where their architects lived. The book addresses issues
of lost or hidden North American history.
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