The White African American Body /

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Blacks with white skin. Since colonial times, showmen have exhibited the bodies of African Americans with white or gradually whitening skin in taverns, dime museums, and circus sideshows. The term "white Negro" has served to describe an individual born with albinism as well as those who ha...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Martin, Charles D., 1962-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2002.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Albino.
Schwarze
Albino
Racism.
Race relations.
Human skin color > Social aspects.
Human skin color > Psychological aspects.
Albinos and albinism.
African Americans > Race identity.
African Americans in popular culture.
African Americans in literature.
Racisme > États-Unis > Histoire.
Couleur de la peau > États-Unis > Aspect psychologique.
Couleur de la peau > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Noirs americains dans la litterature.
Noirs americains dans la culture populaire.
Noirs americains > Identite ethnique.
Racism > United States > History.
Human skin color > United States > Psychological aspects.
Human skin color > Social aspects > United States.
Albinos and albinism > United States > History.
Albinos and albinism > Race identity.
Schwarze.
USA.
Schwärze
USA
United States.
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
United States > Race relations.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: A Ballyhoo for the Exhibition
  • 1. The White Negro in the Early Republic
  • 2. Barnum's Leopard Boy: The Reign of the Piebald Parliament
  • 3. The Double Bind of the Albino: "Less Nigger and More Nigger at the Same Time"
  • 4. "A Better Skin": Scenes from the Exhibition
  • 5. White Negroes, Leopard Boys, and the King of Pop
  • Afterword: Requiem for a Wigger.

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