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

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 Behind the Screen: Tap Dance, Race, and Invisibility During Hollywood's Golden Age looks at how and why outdated raci...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].
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