02853nam 2200685 450 991046429060332120200520144314.00-252-08052-10-252-09504-9(CKB)3710000000020560(OCoLC)868956531(CaPaEBR)ebrary10774476(SSID)ssj0001058846(PQKBManifestationID)11625777(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001058846(PQKBWorkID)11071111(PQKB)10534038(MiAaPQ)EBC3414301(StDuBDS)EDZ0001646866(OCoLC)861200239(MdBmJHUP)muse29700(Au-PeEL)EBL3414301(CaPaEBR)ebr10774476(CaONFJC)MIL646729(OCoLC)923498044(EXLCZ)99371000000002056020130109h20132013 uy| 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrThe creolization of American culture William Sidney Mount and the roots of blackface minstrelsy /Christopher J. SmithUrbana :University of Illinois Press,[2013]©20131 online resource (353 p.)Music in American lifeBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-322-15474-0 0-252-03776-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Recovering the creole synthesis : the roots of blackface minstrelsy -- The creole synthesis in the new world : cultures in contact -- Long Island and the Lower East Side : Mount's background, youth, and apprenticeships -- Minstrelsy's material culture : the evidence of Mount's portraiture -- Melody's polyrhythmic polysemic possibilities : the bodily evidence of Mount's music -- Akimbo culture : dance and the participatory pleasures of the body.This work examines the artworks, letters, sketchbooks, music collection, and biography of the painter William Sidney Mount (1807-1868) as a lens through which to see the multi-ethnic antebellum world that gave birth to blackface minstrelsy.Music in American life.Minstrel musicUnited StatesHistory and criticismMinstrel showsUnited StatesHistoryBlackface entertainersUnited StatesElectronic books.Minstrel musicHistory and criticism.Minstrel showsHistory.Blackface entertainers781.640973/09034Smith Christopher J(Christopher John),1959-899701MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910464290603321The creolization of American culture2010283UNINA