{"product_id":"the-blackface-minstrel-show-in-mass-media-9781476676760","title":"The Blackface Minstrel Show in Mass Media","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e?   The minstrel show occupies a complex and controversial space in the history of American popular culture. Today considered a shameful relic of America''s racist past, it nonetheless offered many black performers of the 19th and early 20th centuries their only opportunity to succeed in a white-dominated entertainment world, where white performers in blackface had by the 1830s established minstrelsy as an enduringly popular national art form.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   This book traces the often overlooked history of the modern minstrel show through the advent of 20th century mass media--when stars like Al Jolson, Bing Crosby and Mickey Rooney continued a long tradition of affecting black music, dance and theatrical styles for mainly white audiences--to its abrupt end in the 1950s. A companion two-CD reissue of recordings discussed in the book is available from Archeophone Records at www.archeophone.com.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040453591383,"sku":"9781476676760","price":41.94,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476676760.jpg?v=1750946804","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-blackface-minstrel-show-in-mass-media-9781476676760","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}