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Formally raising Cain in its myriad variants, blackface appears here as a racial project more radical even than abolitionism. Lhamon's account of its provenance and persistence is a major reinterpretation of American culture.
May 5, 2000 · Formally raising Cain in its myriad variants, blackface appears here as a racial project more radical even than abolitionism. Lhamon's account of its provenance and persistence is a major reinterpretation of American culture.
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- 1998
- W. T. Lhamon
- W. T. Lhamon Jr.
Raising Cain : blackface performance from Jim Crow to hip hop. by. Lhamon, W. T. Publication date. 2000. Topics. Minstrel shows -- United States -- History, African Americans in the performing arts -- Social aspects, African Americans in popular culture, Blackface entertainers -- United States -- History, Blackface entertainers, United States ...
May 19, 2000 · The story of an insubordinate, rebellious, truly popular culture stretching from Jim Crow to hip hop is told for the first time in Raising Cain, a provocative look at how the outcasts of official culture have made their own place in the world.
- W. T. Lhamon Jr.
- 9780.7B
- New Edition
- 05/19/2000
Raising Cain: Blackface Performance from Jim Crow to Hip Hop : Lhamon, W. T.: Amazon.com.au: Books
- Paperback
- W. T. Lhamon
Mar 1, 1999 · Raising Cain: Blackface Performance from Jim Crow to Hip Hop. By W. T. Lhamon Jr. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1998. xii, 269 pp. $24.95, ISBN 0-674-74711-9.) | Journal of American History | Oxford Academic. March 1999.
The book follows the forms of blackface which shows the modern social shifts produce disperse culture, as they project themselves into the rougher modes of postmodern life through such heirs of blackface as stand-up comedy, rock 'n' roll, talk TV, and Hip hop. (source: Nielsen Book Data)
