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Whiting up : whiteface minstrels & stage Europeans in African American performance /
In this work, McAllister defines and explores whiting up, a long tradition in which African American actors, comics, musicians, and even everyday people have assumed white racial identities in a performative context. Whether in 19th century minstrel shows, in stage European performances where black...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
The University of North Carolina Press,
2011.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | In this work, McAllister defines and explores whiting up, a long tradition in which African American actors, comics, musicians, and even everyday people have assumed white racial identities in a performative context. Whether in 19th century minstrel shows, in stage European performances where black actors take on white roles on the conventional stage, in musicals and satires crafted by a variety of African American dramatists, or in one-person shows by artists like Anna Deavere Smith, McAllister argues that this form of cross-racial play creates unexpected intercultural alliances even as it inc. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 330 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780807869062 0807869066 9781469602431 1469602431 |