Smith, Christopher J.  1959- <br/><br/>
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 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780252095047 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Mount, William Sidney, 1807-1868. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Minstrel music--History and criticism.--United States<br/>Minstrel shows--History.--United States<br/>Blackface entertainers--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>ML1711  / .S63 2013 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>781.640973/09034