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Racism and Early Blackface Comic Traditions

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Description

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.

Book Details
Classification:
EAN:
9783319780474
Binding:
Hardback
Dimensions(mm):
154 x 218 x 25
Publication Date:
2018-07-31
Publication Country:
Switzerland