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Sambo : the rise & demise of an American jester / Joseph Boskin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Boskin, Joseph, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Popular culture--United States.
- Popular culture.
- Sambo (Fictitious character).
- African American entertainers--Biography.
- African American entertainers.
- African Americans in the performing arts.
- Fools and jesters--United States.
- Fools and jesters.
- Stereotypes (Social psychology)--United States.
- Stereotypes (Social psychology).
- United States--Race relations.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (273 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York ; Oxford, [England] : Oxford University Press, 1986.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Traces the history of comic stereotype of the Black performer and explains how it was finally eradicated.
- Contents:
- An epitaph read backward in time
- As his name is, so is he
- Ladies and gentlemen: your attention please! Would you welcome the first American entertainer, Sambo!!
- And performing today at balls, circuses, theatres, picnics, churches, schools, and prisons- the indomitable, spirited, laughing- Jim Crow, esquire!
- Impressions in boldface
- Prismatic projections
- The camera eye
- The radio ear: the odd-couples connection
- The fool as an emancipator.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-52360-3
- 9786610523603
- 0-19-536353-1
- OCLC:
- 666964637
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