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As Heard On NprS Fresh Air: Quite Enlightening. Terry Grossnamed One Of The Best Books Of The Month By The New York Times, Time, And Kirkus Reviewsa Groundbreaking History, Decades In The Making, That Chronicles How Blackface Dominated American Society Culturally, Financially, And Racially For Nearly Two Centuries. Never Before Has The Disturbing Story Of Blackface And Its Piercing Reflection Of American Society Been So Comprehensively Told. With Darkology, Princeton Historian Rhae Lynn Barnes Meticulously Unravels The Complex, Subterranean, And AllTooOften Expunged History Of DarkologyThe Insidious Study, Commodification, And Dehumanization Of Black Life, Through Which Performers Caricatured The Enslaved And Formerly Enslaved For Their Supposed Subservience And Happy Demeanor.Given The Extraordinary Research Reflected In Darkology, ItS Not Surprising That Barnes Spent Twenty Years Tracking Down Fading Photographs, Old Movies, Bureaucratic Detritus, Moldy Scripts, And Living Witnesses, Assembling An Impressive Archive That Allowed Her To Demonstrate The Astonishingly Broad Reach Of Blackface Minstrelsy (Laurel Thatcher Ulrich). Painstakingly Piecing Together These Scattered Shards Of Evidence, Barnes Reveals The Shocking Extent To Which Blackface Took Center Stage In Every Era Of American History.This Was Not A Fringe Activity. By 1830, As Political Resistance To Slavery Grew, Blackface Exploded From A Niche Performance Into A Venomous National Export. Within A Decade, Hardly A Theater In The Country DidnT Put On Minstrel Shows. Following The Civil War, This Grotesque Entertainment Soared, Seeping From Professional Theaters Into Everyday Amateur Shows, Print, And Advertisements. It Was Everywhere: Elks Clubs, Religious Institutions, Battlefields, Universities, And Schools. It WasnT Just In The Jim Crow Era; It Defined It. The Very Name Jim Crow Derives From MinstrelsyS Founding Character.Darkology Dismantles The Myth That Blackface Was A Fleeting, PostCivil War Phenomenon. Even In Eras Known For Liberal Progressivism, It Flourished. Barnes Unearths The Startling Fact That FourTerm President Franklin D. Roosevelt Was A Devotee Who Died Hours Before A Blackface Show He Had Commissioned At Warm Springs. It Permeated U.S. Military Bases And Was Even Used In World War Ii Japanese American Concentration Camps And German Pow Camps As A Bizarre Tool Of Americanization.After Wwii, The Tide Began To Turn As Black Veterans And Mothers In Places Like Suburban California Protested The Practice In Schools. Still, Blackface Performances Proved Resilient, Surfacing As Late As 1969 At The University Of Vermont. Even As The Civil Rights Movement Fought For Equality, Blackface Remained Present In American Politics And White Supremacist Organizing Through The Nixon And Ford Administrations, Its Legacy Still Percolating In Variable Forms Today.By Tracing MinstrelsyS Evolution Through Oral Histories, Material Culture, And A Wide Range Of Multimedia Sources, BarnesS Masterpiece (David Blight) Forces Us To Reckon With The Myriad Ways The American Dream Wore Blackface. Recasting This American Story With Vivid And Engaging Storytelling (Howard French), Darkology Is A Landmark Work That Peers Beneath The Boulders Deliberately Obscuring Our PastIlluminating A Path Toward A More Just And Equal Society In AmericaS Future. 72 Illustrations
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I thought this would be more of a casual read, but it dives pretty deep into serious themes. It’s definitely an important topic, but I struggled with some of the examples used. Worth a look if you're into cultural critiques.
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Michael Thompson
Interesting but Dense
I liked the content, but sometimes it felt a bit too heavy on theory. The author's perspective is unique, and the analysis is thorough. Just be prepared to really think while reading it!
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Jasmine Patel
A Thought-Provoking Read
This book really opened my eyes to the complexities of race in entertainment. The insights about blackface and its historical context were both enlightening and disturbing. Highly recommend it for anyone interested in American culture!
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Eric Johnson
Disappointed by the Delivery
While the content is valuable, the delivery of my book was disappointing. It arrived a week late and the cover had some scuffs. I would love to see this topic discussed more, just wish it had been packaged better.
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Luis Martinez
A Must-Read for Students
As a college student studying media, this book is incredibly valuable. It breaks down the impact of blackface on American entertainment and asks the tough questions. It’s engaging and well-researched!
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