Whiting up
Subtitle: whiteface minstrels & stage Europeans in African American performance
By: Marvin McAllister
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9780807835081
Subjects: African Americans in the performing arts; Minstrel shows; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : whiting up work; title: Liberatory whiteness : early whiteface minstrels, enslaved and free; title: Imitation whiteness : James Hewlett's stage Europeans; title: Low-down whiteness : a trip to coontown; title: Trespassing on whiteness : Negro actors and the Nordic complex; title: Estranging whiteness : queens, clowns, and beasts in 1960s Black drama; title: White people be like; title: : Black solo and racial difference; title: Conclusion : problems and possibilities of whiting up.