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from the issue of March 27, 2008
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Dreher's book explores black entertainers
A new book by UNL assistant professor of English and Ethnic Studies Kwakiutl L. Dreher investigates the literary voices of six Black women entertainers and how they negotiated the tensions between the entertainment industries and the Black community.
"Dancing on the White Page: Black Women Entertainers Writing Autobiography" examines the autobiographies of six well-known entertainers -Diahann Carroll, Dorothy Dandridge, Lena Horne, Eartha Kitt, Whoopi Goldberg, and Mary Wilson - and makes a case for adding celebrity autobiography to the African American literary canon.
As she explores these women's fascinating stories, Dreher reveals how each one improvises the choreography of her life to survive and thrive in the film, television, and music industries, as well as the politically charged environment of the Black community, most specifically represented by the NAACP.
Reading each autobiography as an artifact of self-revelation, Dreher discovers stories of self-determination, along with the fight for liberation from oppression and racial and gender discrimination. She explores each woman's full meaning in American culture at large and in American entertainment culture in particular.
GO TO: ISSUE OF MARCH 27
ARTS HEADLINES FOR MARCH 27
The art of Shibori
American Life in Poetry
Blakeman event is March 27
'City of Men,' 'Band's Visit' open March 28 at the Ross
Dreher's book explores black entertainers
Great Plains museum hosts LPS exhibition
MFA EXHIBIT
'One Mind' exhibit closes March 28
Palma to discuss photo exhibit during March 28 opening
Student cast readies for 'Carousel'
'Technology's Impact on Design' exhibit opens March 28
Time for Three plays City and East campuses
Ying Quartet to play March 28 at Sheldon
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