The Creolization of American Culture William Sidney Mount and the Roots of Blackface Minstrelsy |
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| Author:
| Smith, Christopher J. |
| Series title: | Music in American Life Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-252-03776-4 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2013 |
| Publisher: | University of Illinois Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $47.00 |
Book Description:
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This study 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 multiethnic antebellum world that gave birth to blackface minstrelsy. Christopher J. Smith uses Mount's depictions of black and white vernacular fiddlers, banjo players, and ......
This study 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 multiethnic antebellum world that gave birth to blackface minstrelsy. Christopher J. Smith uses Mount's depictions of black and white vernacular fiddlers, banjo players, and ......