The minstrel show occupies a complex and controversial space in the
history of American popular culture. While it is seen as a relic of
America's deeply shameful and racist past, it also provided the
first vehicle by which African-Americans were able to enter the
entertainment world. This book investigates the often ignored 20th
century history of minstrelsy as it entered the age of mass media,
addressing such minstrel stars as Al Jolson, Bing Crosby, and
Mickey Rooney. Tracing the history of minstrelsy through to its
abrupt end in the 1950s, this book is a chronicle of "modern"
minstrelsy and America's rapidly changing values.
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