03219nam 2200673 a 450 991078758000332120230803030652.00-19-936163-00-19-971768-0(CKB)2670000000395596(EBL)1318298(OCoLC)854520682(SSID)ssj0000951152(PQKBManifestationID)11551681(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000951152(PQKBWorkID)10884842(PQKB)10998142(MiAaPQ)EBC1318298(Au-PeEL)EBL1318298(CaPaEBR)ebr10734592(CaONFJC)MIL504968(OCoLC)853564427(EXLCZ)99267000000039559620121214d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLove and theft[electronic resource] blackface minstrelsy and the American working class /Eric Lott20th-anniversary ed.New York Oxford University Press20131 online resource (342 p.)Race and American cultureDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-532055-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Blackface and blackness : the minstrel show in American culture -- Love and theft : "racial" production and the social unconscious of blackface -- White kids and no kids at all : working-class culture and languages of race -- The blackening of America : popular culture and national cultures -- "The seeming counterfeit" : early blackface acts, the body, and social contradiction -- "Genuine negro fun" : racial pleasure and class formation in the 1840s -- California gold and European revolution : Stephen Foster and the American 1848 -- Uncle Tomitudes : racial melodrama and modes of production.For over two centuries, America has celebrated the same African-American culture it attempts to control and repress, and nowhere is this phenomenon more apparent than in the strange practice of blackface performance. Born of extreme racial and class conflicts, the blackface minstrel show appropriated black dialect, music, and dance; at once applauded and lampooned black culture; and, ironically, contributed to a ""blackening of America."" Drawing on recent research in cultural studies and social history, Eric Lott examines the role of the blackface minstrel show in the political struggles of tRace and American CultureMinstrel showsUnited StatesHistoryWorking classUnited StatesRacism against Black peopleBlackfaceUnited StatesRace relationsUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Minstrel showsHistory.Working classRacism against Black peopleBlackface791/.12097309034Lott Eric706989MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787580003321Love and theft1349458UNINA