The creolization of American culture : William Sidney Mount and the roots of blackface minstrelsy

The creolization of American culture : William Sidney Mount and the roots of blackface minstrelsy / Christopher J. Smith.

This work examines the artworks, letters, sketchbooks, music collection, and biography of the painter William Sidney Mount (1807-1868) as a lens through which to see the multi-ethnic antebellum world that gave birth to blackface minstrelsy.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Christopher J. (Christopher John), 1959-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2013]
Series:Music in American life.
Subjects:
Mount, William Sidney, > 1807-1868.
Mount, William Sidney, > 1807-1868
Minstrel music > United States > History and criticism.
Minstrel shows > United States > History.
Blackface entertainers > United States.
MUSIC > Instruction & Study > Theory.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
Blackface entertainers
Minstrel music
Minstrel shows
United States
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
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