Staging blackface in Canada : public amusements, variety shows, and racial acts in an age of imitation, 1898-1919 /

"In the early twentieth-century, Canada's theatres were mostly controlled by Americans. As variety shows flooded these stages, new forms of blackface, inspired by modern forms of amusements, changed the theatre. In this era marked by progressive social reforms, the stage embodied the moder...

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