Catfish Row

E270195

fictional location fictional neighborhood opera setting

Catfish Row is the fictional African American tenement community in Charleston, South Carolina, that serves as the central setting of George Gershwin’s opera *Porgy and Bess*.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Catfish Row canonical	11
Catfish Row (Cabbage Row)	1
Catfish Row (within Porgy and Bess)	1

Statements (37)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional location ⓘ fictional neighborhood ⓘ opera setting ⓘ
appearsInGenre	folk opera ⓘ
appearsInWorkBy	DuBose Heyward ⓘ George Gershwin ⓘ Ira Gershwin ⓘ
associatedWithCharacter	Bess ⓘ Crown ⓘ Porgy (novel) ⓘ surface form: Porgy Sportin’ Life ⓘ surface form: Sportin' Life
basedOn	Cabbage Row ⓘ
basedOnLocationIn	Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America ⓘ surface form: Charleston, South Carolina
coCreator	DuBose Heyward ⓘ Ira Gershwin ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
creator	George Gershwin ⓘ
culturalContext	Southern United States ⓘ surface form: American South
depicts	African American culture in the early 20th century ⓘ poverty ⓘ tenement housing ⓘ
ethnicContext	African American community ⓘ
fictionalLocationIn	Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America ⓘ surface form: Charleston, South Carolina
firstAppearanceWork	Porgy and Bess ⓘ
firstAppearanceYear	1935 ⓘ
hasThemeContext	community life ⓘ love and tragedy ⓘ struggle and resilience ⓘ
inspiredBy	real-life Charleston tenement Cabbage Row ⓘ
languageOfWorkContext	English ⓘ
medium	stage ⓘ
narrativeFunction	central setting of Porgy and Bess ⓘ
notableFor	iconic setting in American opera ⓘ portrayal of African American life in Charleston ⓘ
settingOf	Porgy and Bess ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted	early 20th century ⓘ
workTypeContext	opera ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Porgy and Bess → settingLocation → Catfish Row ⓘ

Charleston Historic District → contains → Catfish Row ⓘ

this entity surface form: Catfish Row (Cabbage Row)

Summertime → setting → Catfish Row ⓘ

Porgy (novel) → setIn → Catfish Row ⓘ

It Ain’t Necessarily So → setting → Catfish Row ⓘ

this entity surface form: Catfish Row (within Porgy and Bess)

I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’ → setting → Catfish Row ⓘ

Bess, You Is My Woman Now → settingInFiction → Catfish Row ⓘ

My Man’s Gone Now → setIn → Catfish Row ⓘ

Bess → setting → Catfish Row ⓘ

Bess → residenceInFiction → Catfish Row ⓘ

Sportin’ Life → associatedWithSetting → Catfish Row ⓘ

Serena → associatedWithLocation → Catfish Row ⓘ

Clara → settingOfWorkAppearsIn → Catfish Row ⓘ