Darkest America black minstrelsy from slavery to hip-hop /

Yuval Taylor and Jake Austen investigate the complex history of black minstrelsy, adopted in the mid-nineteenth century by African American performers who played the grinning blackface fool to entertain black and white audiences. We now consider minstrelsy an embarrassing relic, but once blacks and...

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Main Author: Taylor, Yuval,
Other Authors: Austen, Jake,
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: New York : W. W. Norton, [2012]
Physical Description: xvi, 364 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
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CMU Main Books 3rd Floor

LocationCall Number: Status
CMU Main Books 3rd Floor PN1969.M5 T39 2012 Available
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