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Racism and Early Blackface Comic Traditions

- From the Old World to the New

About Racism and Early Blackface Comic Traditions

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.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9783319780474
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 324
  • Published:
  • July 30, 2018
  • Edition:
  • 12018
  • Dimensions:
  • 218x154x25 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 570 g.
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Description of Racism and Early Blackface Comic Traditions

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.

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