Traditions and Legacies of Blackface Minstrelsy Publication
Year: 2012 Published by: University of Massachusetts Press Title
Page, Copyright Download PDF (57.2 KB) List of Illustrations
Download PDF (83.5 KB) Download PDF (72.8 KB) My thanks to the
Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies, the Cinema
Studies Institute, Faculty of Music, Centre for Diaspora and
Transnational Studies, Centre for the Study of the United
States, Jackman Humanities Institute, and Connaught Foundation,
all at the University of Toronto, as well as that institution’s
School of Graduate Studies ... Introduction: The Persistence of
Blackface and the Minstrel Tradition Download PDF (128.8 KB) Not
long ago I was approached by the Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation in Toronto, where I teach, to be interviewed on a
radio talk show regarding the question “Why has there been a
resurgence in the use of blackface in contemporary society?” The
interview did not take place—more newsworthy events took
precedence—but the question remains.