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Mass Market Paperback. No Dust Jacket. 480 pages. Clean text, cover and spine creases. Contains 8 plays. Streamers by David Rabe -- Marco Polo sings a solo by John Guare; Wings by Arthur Kopit; Sister Mary Ignatius explains it all for you by Christopher Durang; Crimes of the heart by Beth Henley' The dining room by A. R. Gurney; Painting Churches by Tina Howe; Ma Rainey's Black bottom by August Wilson; Signet Classics. …

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 324 pages. A sourcebook of contemporary and historical commentary on America's first pop ular mass entertainment. As the blackface minstrel show evolved from its beginn ings in the American Revolution to its peak during the late 1800s, its frenetic dances, low-brow humor, and lively music provided more than mere entertainment. Indeed, these imitations and parodies shaped society's perceptions of African Am ericans-and of women-as well as made their mark on national identity, policymaki ng decisions, and other entertainment forms such as vaudeville, burlesque, the r evue, and, eventually, film, radio, and television. Gathered here are rare prima ry materials-including firsthand accounts of minstrel shows, minstrelsy guides, jokes, sketches, and sheet music-and the best of contemporary scholarship on min strelsy. Editorial Reviews Review This fine collection contains some of the ol dest jokes in U.S. history and some of the freshest scholarship in American Stud ies. Inside the Minstrel Mask gathers primary sources, classic nineteenth-centur y accounts of blackface shows, influential modern accounts of the meaning of min strelsy as a performance and craze, and exciting new work on race, gender and hu mor in one of the nation's most popular and enduring forms of entertainment.?Dav id Roedigger, University of Minnesota This fine collection contains some of the oldest jokes in U.S. history and some of the freshest scholarship in American S tudies. Inside the Minstrel Mask gathers primary sources, classic nineteenth-cen tury accounts of blackface shows, influential modern accounts of the meaning of minstrelsy as a performance and craze, and exciting new work on race, gender and humor in one of the nation's most popular and enduring forms of entertainment..…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Hanover, 1996; red cloth covered boards; minimal shelf wear; spine edges faded; no dust jacket; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; interior in like new condition; interior clean and unmarked; 310 pages.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 324 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.