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Slavery and Sentiment on the American Stage, 1787-1861 - Lifting the Veil of Black (Paperback)
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Slavery and Sentiment on the American Stage, 1787-1861 - Lifting the Veil of Black (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Studies in American Theatre and Drama
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For almost a hundred years before Uncle Tom's Cabin burst on to the
scene in 1852, the American theatre struggled to represent the
evils of slavery. Slavery and Sentiment questions how the text,
images, and performances presented to American audiences during the
antebellum period engaged with the debate over black participation
in American society. The book reconsiders traditional comic
stereotypes like Jim Crow, as well as familiar sentimental ones,
such as Uncle Tom. Using plays, poetry, performances, popular
novels, and political cartoons, Heather Nathans blends American
history, theatre history, and literary history to question how
theatre and performance lifted the 'veil of black' on American
racism in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The book
contributes to the ongoing discussion of the role of
African-American characters and performers in American cultural
history, offering scholars in a range of fields a new perspective
on a complicated moment in the nation's theatrical past.
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