Lott, Eric
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Hardback
324 pages
Halftones, Bibliography
Published: 1993
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN / EAN: 0195078322
This study of the American vaudeville tradition of black-face minstrelsy uncovers the extraordinary implications of the form as a racial, political and cultural statement. The author relates how it allowed whites of the 19th century to enjoy, degrade and