02620nam 2200673 450 991080807660332120230207224246.01-280-52360-397866105236030-19-536353-1(CKB)1000000000406881(EBL)272649(OCoLC)666964637(SSID)ssj0000308859(PQKBManifestationID)12067738(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000308859(PQKBWorkID)10276848(PQKB)10233882(MiAaPQ)EBC272649(Au-PeEL)EBL272649(CaPaEBR)ebr11303246(CaONFJC)MIL52360(EXLCZ)99100000000040688120161201h19861986 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSambo the rise & demise of an American jester /Joseph BoskinNew York, New York ;Oxford, [England] :Oxford University Press,1986.©19861 online resource (273 p.)0-19-505658-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.Traces the history of comic stereotype of the Black performer and explains how it was finally eradicated.Popular cultureUnited StatesSambo (Fictitious character)African American entertainersBiographyAfrican Americans in the performing artsFools and jestersUnited StatesStereotypes (Social psychology)United StatesUnited StatesRace relationsPopular cultureSambo (Fictitious character)African American entertainersAfrican Americans in the performing arts.Fools and jestersStereotypes (Social psychology)306/.484/08996073Boskin Joseph1628909MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808076603321Sambo4003931UNINA