Overview
- Emphasizes the power of the comic to transmit early ideology about race
- Articulates a new theory of “proto-racism” based in a “metaphysical determinism” founded in pre-modern philosophy, theology, and moral allegory
- Offers fresh readings of Harlequin’s black mask, as well as of Othello and Antony and Cleopatra
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History (PSTPH)
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Book Title: Racism and Early Blackface Comic Traditions
Book Subtitle: From the Old World to the New
Authors: Robert Hornback
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78048-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-78047-4Published: 31 July 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-08608-4Published: 22 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-78048-1Published: 19 July 2018
Series ISSN: 2947-5767
Series E-ISSN: 2947-5775
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 324
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations
Topics: Theatre History, National/Regional Theatre and Performance, Imperialism and Colonialism