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Racism and Early Blackface Comic Traditions: From the Old World to the New - Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History Robert Hornback 2018 edition
Racism and Early Blackface Comic Traditions: From the Old World to the New - Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History
Robert Hornback
This book traces blackface types from ancient masks of grinning Africans and phallus-bearing Roman fools through to comedic medieval devils, the pan-European black-masked Titivillus and Harlequin, and racial impersonation via stereotypical 'black speech' explored in the Renaissance by Lope de Vega and Shakespeare.
324 pages, 9 Illustrations, black and white; XIV, 324 p. 9 illus.
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | July 31, 2018 |
| ISBN13 | 9783319780474 |
| Publishers | Springer International Publishing AG |
| Pages | 324 |
| Dimensions | 218 × 154 × 25 mm · 570 g |
| Language | German |