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Created by George Gershwin and DuBose Heyward and sung by generations of black performers, Porgy and Bess has been both embraced and reviled since its debut in 1935. In this comprehensive account, Ellen Noonan examines the opera's long history of invention and reinvention as a barometer of twentieth-century American expectations about race, culture, and the struggle for equality. In its surprising endurance lies a myriad of local, national, and international stories.For black performers and commentators, Porgy and Bess was a nexus for debates about cultural representation and

African Americans in popular culture --- Race in opera. --- Music and race. --- Afro-Americans in popular culture --- Popular culture --- Opera --- Race and music --- Race --- Heyward, DuBose, --- Gershwin, George, --- Charleston (S.C.) --- City of Charleston (S.C.) --- Charles-Town (S.C.) --- Race relations. --- Heyward, Dorothy,