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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lyons-Fontenot, Florence
Other Authors: Jennifer Jones Cavenaugh
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: LSU 2003
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Online Access:http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-1112103-140654/