Beyond Boundaries: Political Dictates Found in Minstrelsy
Nineteenth-century white minstrels portrayed white abolitionists, suffragists, and temperance advocates in blackface, in order discriminate against them in the same way that blacks were discriminated against in minstrel performances. When minstrels blackened their faces to portray these white politi...
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LSU
2003
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Online Access: | http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-1112103-140654/ |