Vai al contenuto principale della pagina

Sambo : the rise & demise of an American jester / / Joseph Boskin



(Visualizza in formato marc)    (Visualizza in BIBFRAME)

Autore: Boskin Joseph Visualizza persona
Titolo: Sambo : the rise & demise of an American jester / / Joseph Boskin Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1986
©1986
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 p.)
Disciplina: 306/.484/08996073
Soggetto topico: Popular culture - United States
Sambo (Fictitious character)
African American entertainers
African Americans in the performing arts
Fools and jesters - United States
Stereotypes (Social psychology) - United States
Soggetto geografico: United States Race relations
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: Traces the history of comic stereotype of the Black performer and explains how it was finally eradicated.
Titolo autorizzato: Sambo  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-280-52360-3
9786610523603
0-19-536353-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910808076603321
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui