Black Like You Blackface, Whiteface, Insult and Imitation in American Popular Culture

Name: Black Like You Blackface, Whiteface, Insult and Imitation in American Popular Culture
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ISBN: 9781585425938

ISBN-10: 1585425931

ISBN-13: 9781585425938

Edition: N/A

Authors: John Strausbaugh

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A refreshingly clearheaded and taboo-breaking look at race relations reveals that American culture is neither Black nor White nor Other, but a mix-a mongrel. Black Like Youis an erudite and entertaining exploration of race relations in American popular culture. Particularly compelling is Strausbaugh's eagerness to tackle blackface-a strange, often scandalous, and now taboo entertainment. Although blackface performance came to be denounced as purely racist mockery, and shamefacedly erased from most modern accounts of American cultural history, Black Like Youshows that the impact of blackface on American culture was deep and long-lasting. Its influence can be seen in rock and hiphop; in…

Book details

List price: $24.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 8/16/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 5.54" wide x 8.23" long x 1.02" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English

John Strausbaugh is the editor of New York Press. His previous books include E: Reflections on the Birth of the Elvis Faith.