Format:
XIII, 330 S.
,
Ill.
,
25 cm
ISBN:
0807835080
,
9780807835081
Content:
Introduction : whiting up work -- Liberatory whiteness : early whiteface minstrels, enslaved and free -- Imitation whiteness : James Hewlett's stage Europeans -- Low-down whiteness : a trip to coontown -- Trespassing on whiteness : Negro actors and the Nordic complex -- Estranging whiteness : queens, clowns, and beasts in 1960s Black drama -- White people be like -- : Black solo and racial difference -- Conclusion : problems and possibilities of whiting up
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Introduction : whiting up work -- Liberatory whiteness : early whiteface minstrels, enslaved and free -- Imitation whiteness : James Hewlett's stage Europeans -- Low-down whiteness : a trip to coontown -- Trespassing on whiteness : Negro actors and the Nordic complex -- Estranging whiteness : queens, clowns, and beasts in 1960s Black drama -- White people be like -- : Black solo and racial difference -- Conclusion : problems and possibilities of whiting up.
Language:
English
Subjects:
American Studies
Keywords:
USA
;
Minstrel show
;
Geschichte 1840-1870
;
USA
;
Schwarze
;
Theater
;
Aufführung
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=35945
