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Michael Jackson and the Blackface Mask (Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series)

Dr Harriet J Manning

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Description:Michael Jackson and the Blackface Mask traces Michael Jackson's dance moves and imagery back to the blackface minstrel show tradition, for which white dancers wore black masks and parodied black people. The racism that motivated the minstrel show lives on in black stereotypes (Blacks as mad, bad and dangerous) and Harriet J. Manning argues that this was at the source of many of the troubles that Michael Jackson had to face.Yet at the same time, Michael Jackson fought hard against this tradition: Manning suggests he took the traditional blackface mask and deconstructed it in a powerful act of reclamation in which black self-representation was showcased, celebrated and set free.'Dancers come and go in the twinkling of an eye, but the dance lives on.' Michael JacksonWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Michael Jackson and the Blackface Mask (Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series). To get started finding Michael Jackson and the Blackface Mask (Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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ISBN: 1472402367

Description: Michael Jackson and the Blackface Mask traces Michael Jackson's dance moves and imagery back to the blackface minstrel show tradition, for which white dancers wore black masks and parodied black people. The racism that motivated the minstrel show lives on in black stereotypes (Blacks as mad, bad and dangerous) and Harriet J. Manning argues that this was at the source of many of the troubles that Michael Jackson had to face.Yet at the same time, Michael Jackson fought hard against this tradition: Manning suggests he took the traditional blackface mask and deconstructed it in a powerful act of reclamation in which black self-representation was showcased, celebrated and set free.'Dancers come and go in the twinkling of an eye, but the dance lives on.' Michael JacksonWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Michael Jackson and the Blackface Mask (Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series). To get started finding Michael Jackson and the Blackface Mask (Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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