Blackface

by Ayanna Thompson

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Author(s)

Ayanna Thompson

Publication, year

New York ; London ; Dublin : Bloomsbury Academic, 2021

Scope

130 Pages, illustrated, 16.5 cm.

ISBN

9781501374029

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Why are there so many examples of public figures, entertainers, and normal, everyday people in blackface? And why aren't there as many examples of people of color in whiteface? This book explains what blackface is, why it occurred, and what its legacies are in the 21st century. There is a filthy and vile thread-sometimes it's tied into a noose-that connects the first performances of Blackness on English stages, the birth of blackface minstrelsy, contemporary performances of Blackness, and anti-Black racism. Blackface examines that history and provides hope for a future with new performance paradigms.

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Location

Cabinet 29 - 6: Expanded Space ; Global Art ; Theorie / Expanded Space ; Global Art ; Theory

Remarks

Incl. bibliographical references and Index.