02960nam 2200721 450 991078946950332120221111180146.00-252-08052-10-252-09504-9(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 StatesBlackfaceRacism against Black peopleMinstrel musicHistory and criticism.Minstrel showsHistory.Blackface entertainersBlackfaceRacism against Black people781.640973/09034Smith Christopher J(Christopher John),1959-1583614MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789469503321The creolization of American culture3866902UNINA