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: | 978-0-252-08052-4 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2014 |
| Publisher: | University of Illinois Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $60.99 |
Book Description:
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Illustrating the multiethnic performance practices that led to minstrelsyThe Creolization of American Culture 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. As a ......
Illustrating the multiethnic performance practices that led to minstrelsyThe Creolization of American Culture 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. As a ......