LEADER 03219nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910787580003321 005 20230803030652.0 010 $a0-19-936163-0 010 $a0-19-971768-0 035 $a(CKB)2670000000395596 035 $a(EBL)1318298 035 $a(OCoLC)854520682 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000951152 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11551681 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000951152 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10884842 035 $a(PQKB)10998142 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1318298 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1318298 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10734592 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL504968 035 $a(OCoLC)853564427 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000395596 100 $a20121214d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLove and theft$b[electronic resource] $eblackface minstrelsy and the American working class /$fEric Lott 205 $a20th-anniversary ed. 210 $aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (342 p.) 225 0$aRace and American culture 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-532055-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBlackface 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. 330 $aFor over two centuries, America has celebrated the same African-American culture it attempts to control and repress, and nowhere is this phenomenon more apparent than in the strange practice of blackface performance. Born of extreme racial and class conflicts, the blackface minstrel show appropriated black dialect, music, and dance; at once applauded and lampooned black culture; and, ironically, contributed to a ""blackening of America."" Drawing on recent research in cultural studies and social history, Eric Lott examines the role of the blackface minstrel show in the political struggles of t 410 0$aRace and American Culture 606 $aMinstrel shows$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aWorking class$zUnited States 606 $aRacism against Black people 606 $aBlackface 607 $aUnited States$xRace relations 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865 615 0$aMinstrel shows$xHistory. 615 0$aWorking class 615 0$aRacism against Black people 615 0$aBlackface 676 $a791/.12097309034 700 $aLott$b Eric$0706989 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787580003321 996 $aLove and theft$91349458 997 $aUNINA