| LC control no. | sh 85085877 |
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| LC classification | PN1969.M5 |
| Topical heading | Minstrel shows |
| Variant(s) | American minstrelsy Minstrelsy Minstrelsy, American |
| See also | Revues Vaudeville--United States |
| Scope note | Here are entered works on the 19th and early 20th century entertainments in which comedians portrayed racial stereotypes. |
| Subject example tracing | Note under Minstrel music |
| Found in | Britannica online, Aug. 19, 2019: minstrel show (also called minstrelsy; an American theatrical form, popular from the early 19th to the early 20th century, that was founded on the comic enactment of racial stereotypes; reached its zenith between 1850 and 1870; the earliest minstrel shows were staged by white male minstrels (traveling musicians) who, with their faces painted black, caricatured the singing and dancing of slaves; minstrel troupes composed of black performers were formed after the American Civil War, and a number of these had black owners and managers; a few of the larger companies employed both black and white performers; by the 20th century, women were also appearing in minstrel shows) Grove music online, October 18, 2022 (Minstrelsy, American; a type of popular entertainment, principally of the 19th century, which consisted of the theatrical presentation of ostensible elements of black life in song, dance and speech; by 1870... there was also a change in the contents of the show... Black subjects were supplanted by such topics as satirization of other targets of hostility and ridicule: suffragists and ethnic stereotypes) Macquarie dictionary online, Aug. 19, 2019: minstrel show (an entertainment by a troupe of comedians, usually white men with black face make-up, presenting songs, jokes, etc.) |
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