Demons of disorder : early blackface minstrels and their world / Dale Cockrell.
| Author/creator |
Cockrell, Dale |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997. |
| Description | xx, 236 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subject(s) |
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| Variant title | Early blackface minstrels and their world |
| Series | Cambridge studies in American theatre and drama Cambridge studies in American theatre and drama. ^A333146 |
| Contents | Blackface on the early American stage -- Blackface on the streets -- Jim Crow -- Zip Coon -- Old Dan Tucker. |
| Abstract | Carnival, charivari, mumming plays, peasant festivals, and even early versions of the Santa Claus myth--all of these forms of entertainment influenced and shaped blackface minstrelsy in the first half of the nineteenth century. In this book, the author studies issues of race and class by analyzing their cultural expressions, and investigates the roots of still-remembered songs such as "Jim Crow," "Zip Coon," and "Dan Tucker." Flaming his way across nearly all the worlds uncovered here is George Washington Dixon, the man most deserving of the title "father of blackface minstrelsy" and surely one of celebrity's all-time heavyweight eccentrics--a bonafide "demon of disorder." |
| Local note | Little-306409--305131011872W |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-227) and index. |
| LCCN | 96045566 |
| ISBN | 0521560748 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 0521568285 (pbk.) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Music | Music Stacks | ML1711 .C63 1997 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |