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001 2006040940
003 DLC
005 20090428082908.0
008 060302s2006 nyua b 000 0 eng
010 $a 2006040940
020 $a1585424986
020 $a9781585424986
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm64625021
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050 00 $aE185.625$b.S77 2006
082 00 $a305.896/0973$222
100 1 $aStrausbaugh, John.
245 10 $aBlack like you :$bblackface, whiteface, insult & imitation in American popular culture /$cJohn Strausbaugh
260 $aNew York :$bJeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin,$cc2006.
300 $a370 p. :$bill. ;$c22 cm.
520 $aAn exploration of race relations in American popular culture, focusing particularly on blackface--strange, often scandalous, and now taboo entertainment. Although blackface performance came to be denounced as purely racist mockery, and shamefacedly erased from most modern accounts of American cultural history, Strausbaugh shows that, nevertheless, its impact has been deep and longlasting. Strausbaugh illuminates truths about race rarely discussed in public, including: --American culture conforms neither to knee-jerk racism nor to political correctness. It is neither Black nor White nor Other, but a mix. --No history is best forgotten--however uncomfortable it may be to remember. The power of blackface to enrage and mortify Americans to this day is reason enough to examine what it still tells us about our culture and ourselves. --Blackface is still alive. Its impact and derivations--including Black performers in "whiteface"--can be seen all around us.--From publisher description.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [363]-370).
650 0 $aAfrican Americans in popular culture.
650 0 $aRacism in popular culture$zUnited States.
650 0 $aBlackface entertainers$zUnited States.
650 0 $aImitation.
650 0 $aStereotypes (Social psychology)$zUnited States.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$xRace identity.
650 0 $aWhites$xRace identity$zUnited States.
651 0 $aUnited States$xRace relations.
650 0 $aPopular culture$zUnited States.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0705/2006040940.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0720/2006040940-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0720/2006040940-d.html