The Adventures of Amos 'n' Andy
A Social History of an American Phenomenon
by Melvin Patrick Ely
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Explores the appeal of the show and follows the transformation from white actors to blacks on television.
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The adventures of Amos 'n' Andy: a social history of an American phenomenon
2001, University Press of Virginia
in English
0813920922 9780813920924
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The Adventures of Amos and Andy: A Social History of an American Phenomenon
December 2001, University of Virginia Press
Paperback
in English
- 2 Sub edition
0813920922 9780813920924
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The Adventures of Amos 'N' Andy: A Social History of an American Phenomenon
November 1992, Free Press
Paperback
in English
0029095034 9780029095034
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The Adventures of Amos 'N' Andy: A Social History of an American Phenomenon
November 1992, Free Press
in English
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The Adventures of Amos 'n' Andy: A Social History of an American Phenomenon
June 3, 1991, The Free Press
Hardcover
in English
- First edition
0029095026 9780029095027
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"By ten o'clock on a snowy January evening in 1926, it had already been dark for hours."
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$22.95
Printing statement: "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10"
8 unnumbered pages of black-and-white photographs between pages 82 and 83.
8 unnumbered pages of black-and-white photographs between pages 178 and 179.
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"Melvin Patrick Ely unveils a tale of America's shifting color line, in which two professional directors of blackface minstrel shows manage to produce a series so rich and complex that it wins admirers ranging from ultra-racists to outspoken racial egalitarians. Eventually, the pair stir further controversy when they bring their show to television.".
"In a preface written especially for this new edition of his acclaimed classic, Ely shows how white and black responses to his Adventures of Amos 'n' Andy tell a revealing story of their own about racial hopes and fears at the turn of the twenty-first century."--BOOK JACKET.
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