Blackface Nation: Race, Reform, and Identity in American Popular Music, 1812-1925

Blackface Nation: Race, Reform, and Identity in American Popular Music, 1812-1925

Description

As the United States transitioned from a rural nation to an urbanized, industrial giant between the War of 1812 and the early twentieth century, ordinary people struggled over the question of what it meant to be American. As Brian Roberts shows in Blackface Nation, this struggle is especially evident in popular culture and the interplay between two specific strains of music: middle-class folk and blackface minstrelsy.

Keywords

African Americans -- Music -- History and criticism; Popular music -- United States -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Popular music -- United States -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Minstrel music -- United States -- History and criticism; Music and race -- United States -- History;

Document Type

Book

ISBN

9780226451503

Publication Date

2017

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Department

Department of History

Object Description

x, 360 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Language

en

Blackface Nation: Race, Reform, and Identity in American Popular Music, 1812-1925

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