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Behind the screen : tap dance, race, and invisibility during Hollywood's golden age /

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Introducing a new theory of covert minstrelsy this book illumines Hollywood's practice of capitalizing on the Africanist aesthetic at the expense of Black lived experience. Behind the Screen: Tap Dance, Race, and Invisibility During Hollywood's Golden Age looks at how and why outdated raci...

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Main Author:	Shiovitz, Brynn Wein (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, [2023].
Subjects:	Musical films > United States > History and criticism. African Americans in motion pictures. Race in motion pictures. Stereotypes (Social psychology) in motion pictures. Dance in motion pictures, television, etc. > United States > History. Motion pictures > United States > History > 20th century.

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