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Blackface’s lasting legacy: American culture’s mixed, taboo history.
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Black Like You
Blackface, Whiteface, Insult and Imitation in American Popular Culture
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384 pages
- Release Date
16 August 2007
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Summary
A refreshingly clearheaded and taboo-breaking look at race relations reveals that American culture is neither Black nor White nor Other, but a mix—a mongrel.
Black Like You is an erudite and entertaining exploration of race relations in American popular culture. Particularly compelling is Strausbaugh’s eagerness to tackle blackface—a strange, often scandalous, and now taboo entertainment. Although blackface performance came to be denounced as purely racist mockery, and shamef…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781585425938 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1585425931 |
| Author: | John Strausbaugh |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Jeremy P Tarcher |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 16 August 2007 |
| Weight: | 349g |
| Dimensions: | 26mm x 152mm x 228mm |
A-Format111 × 178 mm
B-Format130 × 198 mm
152 × 228 mm
C-Format153 × 234 mm
A4210 × 297 mm
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About The Author
John Strausbaugh
John Strausbaugh is the editor of New York Press. His previous books include E: Reflections on the Birth of the Elvis Faith.
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