Behind the Burnt Cork Mask
Subtitle: Early Blackface Minstrelsy and Antebellum American Popular Culture (Music in American Life)
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: December 1, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 472
ISBN-13: 9780252066962
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Cultural studies; Musical theatre; Music; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; USA; Discrimination & Racism; Television - History & Criticism; Theater - Stagecraft; Music / General; History & Criticism - General; Pornography; 19th century; History; Minstrel shows; Popular culture; United States
First sentence: Blackface minstrelsy was "the national art of its moment ... the soundtrack for the American 1848."