Racechanges : white skin, black face in American culture / Susan Gubar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gubar, Susan, 1944-

Series:

Race and American culture.

Race and American culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans in popular culture.

Blackface entertainers--United States--History--20th century.

Blackface entertainers.

Arts, American--20th century.

Arts, American.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (356 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Race changes

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

When the actor Ted Danson appeared in blackface at a 1993 Friars Club roast, he ignited a firestorm of protest that landed him on the front pages of the newspapers, rebuked by everyone from talk show host Montel Williams to New York City's then mayor, David Dinkins. Danson's use of blackface was shocking, but was the furious pitch of the response a triumphant indication of how far society has progressed since the days when blackface performers were the toast of vaudeville, or was it also an uncomfortable reminder of how deep the chasm still is separating black and white America?

Contents:

CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; PREFACE; 1. ADVENTURES IN THE SKIN TRADE; 2. SPIRIT-MURDER AT THE MOVIES: Blackface Lynchings; 3. MAKING WHITE, BECOMING BLACK: Myths of Racial Origin in the Harlem Renaissance; 4. DE MODERN DO MR. BONES (and All That Ventriloquist Jazz); 5. PSYCHOPATHOLOGIES OF BLACK ENVY: Queer Colors; 6. WHAT WILL THE MIXED CHILD DELIVER? Conceiving Color Without Race; 7. THE EDIBLE COMPLEX: A Postscript; NOTES; WORKS CITED; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-311) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-83416-1

9786610834167

0-19-802701-X

0-19-535077-4

OCLC:

742332557