The creolization of American culture : William Sidney Mount and the roots of blackface minstrelsy /
Smith, Christopher J. 1959-
The creolization of American culture : William Sidney Mount and the roots of blackface minstrelsy / Christopher J. Smith. - 1 online resource (353 pages) : illustrations. - Music in American life .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Recovering the creole synthesis : the roots of blackface minstrelsy -- The creole synthesis in the new world : cultures in contact -- Long Island and the Lower East Side : Mount's background, youth, and apprenticeships -- Minstrelsy's material culture : the evidence of Mount's portraiture -- Melody's polyrhythmic polysemic possibilities : the bodily evidence of Mount's music -- Akimbo culture : dance and the participatory pleasures of the body.
9780252095047
Mount, William Sidney, 1807-1868.
Minstrel music--History and criticism.--United States
Minstrel shows--History.--United States
Blackface entertainers--United States.
Electronic books.
ML1711 / .S63 2013
781.640973/09034
The creolization of American culture : William Sidney Mount and the roots of blackface minstrelsy / Christopher J. Smith. - 1 online resource (353 pages) : illustrations. - Music in American life .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Recovering the creole synthesis : the roots of blackface minstrelsy -- The creole synthesis in the new world : cultures in contact -- Long Island and the Lower East Side : Mount's background, youth, and apprenticeships -- Minstrelsy's material culture : the evidence of Mount's portraiture -- Melody's polyrhythmic polysemic possibilities : the bodily evidence of Mount's music -- Akimbo culture : dance and the participatory pleasures of the body.
9780252095047
Mount, William Sidney, 1807-1868.
Minstrel music--History and criticism.--United States
Minstrel shows--History.--United States
Blackface entertainers--United States.
Electronic books.
ML1711 / .S63 2013
781.640973/09034