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...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill :
The University of North Carolina Press,
2011.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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 Devere Smith, McAllister argues that this form of cross-racial play creates unexpected intercultural alliances even as it inc. |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 330 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780807869062 (electronic) 0807869066 (electronic) |