The creolization of American culture : William Sidney Mount and the roots of blackface minstrelsy /

Title:

The creolization of American culture : William Sidney Mount and the roots of blackface minstrelsy /

Author:

Smith, Christopher J. (Christopher John), 1959-

Format:

Book

Institution:

MassArt

Contents:

Recovering the creole synthesis : the roots of blackface minstrelsy -- The creole synthesis in the new world : cultures in contact -- Long Island and the Lower East Side : Mount's background, youth, and apprenticeships -- Minstrelsy's material culture : the evidence of Mount's portraiture -- Melody's polyrhythmic polysemic possibilities : the bodily evidence of Mount's music -- Akimbo culture : dance and the participatory pleasures of the body.

Online access:

No online access

Library holdings:

MassArt Main
ML1711 .S63 2013 – Available

• Available Temporarily at MassArt Reserves
  On reserve for HART 307-01: The Banjo/Material Culture (Art History: Shales)