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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784986003321

Autore

Boskin Joseph

Titolo

Sambo : the rise & demise of an American jester / / Joseph Boskin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1986

©1986

ISBN

1-280-52360-3

9786610523603

0-19-536353-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Disciplina

306/.484/08996073

Soggetti

Popular culture - United States

Sambo (Fictitious character)

African American entertainers

African Americans in the performing arts

Fools and jesters - United States

Stereotypes (Social psychology) - United States

United States Race relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

An epitaph read backward in time -- As his name is, so is he -- Ladies and gentlemen: your attention please! Would you welcome the first American entertainer, Sambo!! -- And performing today at balls, circuses, theatres, picnics, churches, schools, and prisons- the indomitable, spirited, laughing- Jim Crow, esquire! -- Impressions in boldface -- Prismatic projections -- The camera eye -- The radio ear: the odd-couples connection -- The fool as an emancipator.

Sommario/riassunto

Traces the history of comic stereotype of the Black performer and explains how it was finally eradicated.