SUBVERTING BLACKFACE AND THE EPISTEMOLOGY OF AMERICAN IDENTITY IN JOHN BERRYMAN'S 77 DREAM SONGS

SUBVERTING BLACKFACE AND THE EPISTEMOLOGY OF AMERICAN IDENTITY IN JOHN BERRYMAN'S 77 DREAM SONGS

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Main Author: Rosby, Amy
Language:English
Published: Cleveland State University / OhioLINK 2008
Subjects:
American Literature
Literature
John Berryman
77 Dream Songs
blackface minstrelsy
Online Access:http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1216665711
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spelling ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-csu12166657112021-08-03T05:34:43Z SUBVERTING BLACKFACE AND THE EPISTEMOLOGY OF AMERICAN IDENTITY IN JOHN BERRYMAN'S 77 DREAM SONGS Rosby, Amy American Literature Literature John Berryman 77 Dream Songs blackface minstrelsy John Berryman has been criticized for his employment of white performance of blackface minstrelsy's conventions and dialect in 77 Dream Songs because of the complex history of this tradition of blackface's problematic performance of racial fantasy and because of Berryman's designation as a white, confessional poet. However, when one observes the history of this tradition of minstrelsy, its initial reception, its "transcodification" into the white American racial ideology, and subsequent scholarly analyses of its implications, it is evident that Berryman creates an anti-model of minstrelsy which consequently becomes a minstrelsy of "whiteness." Through this anti-model, which shifts the public gaze from "blackness" to "whiteness," Berryman deconstructs each, eliminating the justification for unequal political power based on the faulty ideology of difference. 2008-07-23 English text Cleveland State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1216665711 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1216665711 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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topic American Literature
Literature
John Berryman
77 Dream Songs
blackface minstrelsy
spellingShingle American Literature
Literature
John Berryman
77 Dream Songs
blackface minstrelsy
Rosby, Amy
SUBVERTING BLACKFACE AND THE EPISTEMOLOGY OF AMERICAN IDENTITY IN JOHN BERRYMAN'S 77 DREAM SONGS
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title SUBVERTING BLACKFACE AND THE EPISTEMOLOGY OF AMERICAN IDENTITY IN JOHN BERRYMAN'S 77 DREAM SONGS
title_short SUBVERTING BLACKFACE AND THE EPISTEMOLOGY OF AMERICAN IDENTITY IN JOHN BERRYMAN'S 77 DREAM SONGS
title_full SUBVERTING BLACKFACE AND THE EPISTEMOLOGY OF AMERICAN IDENTITY IN JOHN BERRYMAN'S 77 DREAM SONGS
title_fullStr SUBVERTING BLACKFACE AND THE EPISTEMOLOGY OF AMERICAN IDENTITY IN JOHN BERRYMAN'S 77 DREAM SONGS
title_full_unstemmed SUBVERTING BLACKFACE AND THE EPISTEMOLOGY OF AMERICAN IDENTITY IN JOHN BERRYMAN'S 77 DREAM SONGS
title_sort subverting blackface and the epistemology of american identity in john berryman's 77 dream songs
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