Demons of disorder : early blackface minstrels and their world / Dale Cockrell.
Demons of disorder : early blackface minstrels and their world / Dale Cockrell.
Demons of disorder : early blackface minstrels and their world / Dale Cockrell.
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Publisher
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Date
1997.
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N791.120973/1
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English
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Physical content
xx, 236 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Blackface on the Early American Stage -- 2. Blackface in the Streets. Blackface Masking. Dramatic Characterization -- 3. Jim Crow -- 4. Zip Coon -- 5. Old Dan Tucker.
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Publisher
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1997.
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Summary
Carnival, charivari, mumming plays, peasant festivals, and even early versions of the Santa Claus myth - all of these forms of entertainment influenced and shaped blackface minstrelsy in the first half of the nineteenth century. In his fascinating study Demons of Disorder, musicologist Dale Cockrell studies issues of race and class by analyzing the...
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Demons of disorder : early blackface minstrels and their world / Dale Cockrell.
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Cambridge studies in American theatre and drama ; 8.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-227) and index.
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N791.120973/1
Record Identifier
74VM4L5w6Q6d
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM4L5w6Q6d
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0521568285 (pbk.)
9780521560740 (hardback)
0521560748 (hardback)
9780521568289 (pbk.)
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791.120973
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991001444449702626
