The Resource Representing African Americans in transatlantic abolitionism and blackface minstrelsy, Robert Nowatzki
Representing African Americans in transatlantic abolitionism and blackface minstrelsy, Robert Nowatzki
- Summary
- In this intriguing study, Robert Nowatzki reveals the unexpected relationships between blackface entertainment and antislavery sentiment in the United States and Britain. He contends that the ideological ambiguity of both phenomena enabled the similarities between early minstrelsy and abolitionism in their depictions of African Americans, as well as their appropriations of each otherÆs rhetoric, imagery, sentiment, and characterization. Because the antislavery movement had stronger support in Britain and an association with the middle classes, Nowatzki argues, its conflicts with blackface ente
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 216 pages)
- Contents
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- Introduction
- Strange bedfellows : blackface minstrelsy and abolitionism in America
- Abolitionism, nationalism, blackface minstrelsy, and racial attitudes in Victorian Britain
- Race, abolitionism, and blackface imagery in Victorian literature
- "Our only truly national poets" : blackface minstrelsy, slave narratives, cultural nationalism, and the American Renaissance
- Blackface tropes in nineteenth-century American literature
- Isbn
- 9780807137451
- Label
- Representing African Americans in transatlantic abolitionism and blackface minstrelsy
- Title
- Representing African Americans in transatlantic abolitionism and blackface minstrelsy
- Statement of responsibility
- Robert Nowatzki
- Subject
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- Antislavery movements -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- History
- African Americans in popular culture -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Minstrel shows -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Minstrel shows -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- African Americans in popular culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In this intriguing study, Robert Nowatzki reveals the unexpected relationships between blackface entertainment and antislavery sentiment in the United States and Britain. He contends that the ideological ambiguity of both phenomena enabled the similarities between early minstrelsy and abolitionism in their depictions of African Americans, as well as their appropriations of each otherÆs rhetoric, imagery, sentiment, and characterization. Because the antislavery movement had stronger support in Britain and an association with the middle classes, Nowatzki argues, its conflicts with blackface ente
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- Dewey number
- 305.896/073
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E449
- LC item number
- .N92 2010eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Label
- Representing African Americans in transatlantic abolitionism and blackface minstrelsy, Robert Nowatzki
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- net
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Strange bedfellows : blackface minstrelsy and abolitionism in America -- Abolitionism, nationalism, blackface minstrelsy, and racial attitudes in Victorian Britain -- Race, abolitionism, and blackface imagery in Victorian literature -- "Our only truly national poets" : blackface minstrelsy, slave narratives, cultural nationalism, and the American Renaissance -- Blackface tropes in nineteenth-century American literature
- Control code
- ocn659561163
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 216 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780807137451
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- http://library.link/vocab/recordID
- .b25713474
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)659561163
- pebcs0807136409
Subject
- African Americans in popular culture -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- African Americans in popular culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Antislavery movements -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- History
- Minstrel shows -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Minstrel shows -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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