Research Catalog

Burnt cork : traditions and legacies of blackface minstrelsy

Title
Burnt cork : traditions and legacies of blackface minstrelsy / edited by Stephen Johnson.
Publication
Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c2012.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

1 Item

StatusFormatAccessCall NumberItem Location
TextUse in library Sc E 12-1098Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

Details

Additional Authors
Johnson, Stephen Burge, 1954-
Description
xii, 266 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: the persistence of blackface and the minstrel tradition / Stephen Johnson -- Turning around Jim Crow / W. T. Lhamon Jr. -- Of soundscapes and blackface: from fools to Foster / Dale Cockrell -- Death and the minstrel: race, madness, and art in the last (w)rites of three early blackface performers / Stephen Johnson -- The uncanny history of minstrels and machines, 1835/1923 / Louis Chude-Sokei -- Surprised by blackface: D.W. Griffith and one exciting night / Linda Williams -- "Gentlemen, please be seated": racial masquerade and sadomasochism in 1930s animation / Nicholas Sammond -- From New Deal to no deal: blackface minstrelsy, Bamboozled, and reality television / Alice Maurice -- American ghetto parties and Ghanaian concert parties: a transnational perspective on blackface / Catherine M. Cole.
Call Number
Sc E 12-1098
ISBN
  • 9781558499348 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1558499342 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9781558499331 (library cloth : alk. paper)
  • 1558499334 (library cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
2012007995
OCLC
768167101
Title
Burnt cork : traditions and legacies of blackface minstrelsy / edited by Stephen Johnson.
Imprint
Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c2012.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Johnson, Stephen Burge, 1954-
Research Call Number
Sc E 12-1098
View in Legacy Catalog