Men in Blackface True Stories of the Minstrel Show

Name: Men in Blackface True Stories of the Minstrel Show
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ISBN: 9780738857367

ISBN-10: 073885736X

ISBN-13: 9780738857367

Edition: 2000

Authors: Seymour Stark

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ContentsThe Minstrel Show Will Never DieJim Crow and Tom ThumbIrishness of it AllIrving Berlin TitillatesGershwin´s Racial ProfilingJews in BlackfaceJolson the ShlemielStrutting to RedemptionEndnotes--------------------------------How New York City, the Birthplace of Blackface, Defined Humor and Race for 100 Years(MIB: 12-17) Jim Crow, a blackface stage character, lends his name to the pernicious practice of racial segregation. Native New Yorker Tom Rice performed "Jim Crow" at the Bowery Theatre in 1832.(MIB: 22-24) Edwin P. Christy established the first permanent minstrel hall at 472 Broadway in New York City in 1847. Christy created the stylized format which endured for 10 decades.Why…

Book details

List price: $20.99
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation LLC
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 177
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English