Transoceanic Blackface. Empire, Race, Performance, Paperback/Kellen Hoxworth

Tracing intertwined histories of racialized performance from the mid-eighteenth through the early twentieth century across the US and the British Empire, this study maps the circulations of blackface repertoires in theatrical spectacles, popular songs, visual materials, comic operas, closet dramas, dance forms, and Shakespearean burlesques. Publisher: Northwestern University Press Author(s): Kellen Hoxworth Illustration(s): 20 b&w halftones Number of pages: 280 Collection: Performance Works Publication date: 2024 Dimensions: 153 x 230 x 20 Cover type: Paperback