The creolization of American culture William Sidney Mount and the roots of blackface minstrelsy / Christopher J. Smith.

Author/creator Smith, Christopher J., 1959-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoUrbana : University of Illinois Press, 2013.
Descriptionxvii, 314 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations (some color), music ; 25 cm.
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SeriesMusic in American life
Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2012050436
ISBN9780252037764 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780252095047 (e-book)

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