Racism and Early Blackface Comic Traditions : From the Old World to the New
2018 ed.
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
3319780476
ISBN-13
9783319780474
Edition
2018 ed.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint
Springer International Publishing AG
Country of Manufacture
CH
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 31st, 2018
Print length
324 Pages
Weight
570 grams
Dimensions
15.40 x 21.80 x 2.50 cms
Product Classification:
Theatre studiesColonialism & imperialism
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This book traces blackface types from ancient masks of grinning Africans and phallus-bearing Roman fools through to comedic medieval devils, the pan-European black-masked Titivillus and Harlequin, and racial impersonation via stereotypical 'black speech' explored in the Renaissance by Lope de Vega and Shakespeare.
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