Whiting up whiteface minstrels & stage Europeans in African American performance

Whiting up : whiteface minstrels & stage Europeans in African American performance / Marvin McAllister.

Author/creator	McAllister, Marvin Edward, 1969-
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press,
Description	xiii, 330 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Minstrel shows--United States --History. African Americans in the performing arts--History.

Contents	Introduction : whiting up work -- Liberatory whiteness : early whiteface minstrels, enslaved and free -- Imitation whiteness : James Hewlett's stage Europeans -- Low-down whiteness : a trip to coontown -- Trespassing on whiteness : Negro actors and the Nordic complex -- Estranging whiteness : queens, clowns, and beasts in 1960s Black drama -- White people be like -- : Black solo and racial difference -- Conclusion : problems and possibilities of whiting up.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2011020426
ISBN	9780807835081 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0807835080 (cloth : alk. paper)

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