Love and theft : blackface minstrelsy and the American working class / Eric Lott.
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| Edition: | 20th-anniversary edition. |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2013.
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| Series: | Race and American culture
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Summary: | For over two centuries, America has celebrated the same African-American culture it attempts to control and repress, and nowhere is this phenomenon more apparent than in the strange practice of blackface performance. Born of extreme racial and class conflicts, the blackface minstrel show appropriated black dialect, music, and dance; at once applauded and lampooned black culture; and, ironically, contributed to a ""blackening of America."" Drawing on recent research in cultural studies and social history, Eric Lott examines the role of the blackface minstrel show in the political struggles of t ... |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Other format: | Print version: Lott, Eric. Love and theft. 20th-anniversary ed. 9780195320558 |
| Notes: | Bib#: 2760679 |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Series: | Race and American culture
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| Language: | English |
| ISBN: | 9780199717682 0199717680 |
| Bib#: | 2760679 |
