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Representing African Americans in Transatlantic Abolitionism and Blackface Minstrelsy Robert Nowatzki
Representing African Americans in Transatlantic Abolitionism and Blackface Minstrelsy
Robert Nowatzki
In this intriguing study, Robert Nowatzki reveals the unexpected relationships between blackface entertainment and antislavery sentiment in the United States and Britain. He contends that the ideological ambiguity of both phenomena enabled the similarities between early minstrelsy and abolitionism in their depictions of African Americans.
232 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | June 1, 2010 |
| ISBN13 | 9780807136409 |
| Publishers | Louisiana State University Press |
| Pages | 232 |
| Dimensions | 149 × 231 × 25 mm · 476 g |
| Language | English |