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Exporting Jim Crow

Chinua Thelwell
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American cultural exports in the 1800s
American influence on colonial societies
apartheid's cultural foundations
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blackface and white identity formation
British colonies
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colonial audiences and popular shows
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critical race approaches to theater history
cross-cultural performance studies
cultural genealogy of racism
cultural imperialism in entertainment
cultural roots of segregation
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early global media flows
early globalization of American culture
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Global Color Line
global entertainment industry origins
global spread of American music
history of music and politics
history of racist humor
history of stage comedy and satire
imperial cultural exchange
international history of stage performance
Jim Crow
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legacy of racist performance traditions
minstrel performance in the British Empire
minstrel shows
minstrel songs as cultural documents
Minstrelsy
music hall audiences and politics
nineteenth century entertainment circuits
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Performance
performance as political discourse
performance of racial stereotypes
performing race for mass audiences
politics of popular amusement
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race and empire in performance studies
race and empire in the arts
race and music hall traditions
racial caricature in popular culture
racial ideology across oceans
racial ideology in theater
racial representation in the performing arts
Racism
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South Africa
South African theater history
theater and colonial power relations
theater and the construction of citizenship
theater as a tool of domination
transatlantic performance history
white supremacy in entertainment history

Product details

  • ISBN 9781625345172
  • Weight: 463g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 228mm
  • Publication Date: 24 Apr 2020
  • Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
  • Publication City/Country: US
  • Product Form: Paperback
  • Language: English
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Following the pathways of imperial commerce, blackface minstrel troupes began to cross the globe in the mid-nineteenth century, popularizing American racial ideologies as they traveled from Britain to its colonies in the Pacific, Asia, and Oceania, finally landing in South Africa during the 1860s and 1870s. The first popular culture export of the United States, minstrel shows frequently portrayed black characters as noncitizens who were unfit for democratic participation and contributed to the construction of a global color line.

Chinua Thelwell brings blackface minstrelsy and performance culture into the discussion of apartheid's nineteenth-century origins and afterlife, employing a broad archive of South African newspapers and magazines, memoirs, minstrel songs and sketches, diaries, and interview transcripts. Exporting Jim Crow highlights blackface minstrelsy's cultural and social impact as it became a dominant form of entertainment, moving from its initial appearances on music hall stages to its troubling twentieth-century resurgence on movie screens and at public events. This carefully researched and highly original study demonstrates that the performance of race in South Africa was inherently political, contributing to racism and shoring up white racial identity.
About Chinua Thelwell
Chinua Thelwell is assistant professor of history and Africana studies at William & Mary.

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