Racism and early blackface comic traditions: from the old world to the new
Auteur :
Hornback, Robert
Éditeur :
Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN :
9783030086084
Date de publication :
22 déc. 2018
Dimensions :
21,0 x 14,8 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Suisse
This book traces blackface types from ancient masks of grinning Africans and phallus-bearing Roman fools through to comedic medieval devils, the pan-European black-masked Titivillus and Harlequin, and racial impersonation via stereotypical 'black speech' explored in the Renaissance by Lope de Vega and Shakespeare.