Burnt cork : traditions and legacies of blackface minstrelsy

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Beginning in the 1830s and continuing for more than a century, blackface minstrelsy--stage performances that claimed to represent the culture of black Americans--remained arguably the most popular entertainment in North America. A renewed scholarly interest in this contentious form of entertainment...

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Other Authors: Johnson, Stephen Burge, 1954-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amherst ; Boston : University of Massachusetts Press, [2012]
Subjects:
Minstrel shows > United States > History.
Blackface entertainers > United States.
Minstrel shows > Social aspects > United States.
Racism in popular culture > United States.
White people > Race identity > United States.
Racism.
Minstrel shows.
Blackface entertainers.
Social aspects.
Race relations.
Racism in popular culture.
White people > Race identity.
White people.
United States > Race relations > History.
United States.
History.

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