Sign in or register
for additional privileges

Birth of An Industry: Blackface Minstrelsy and the Rise of American Animation

Nicholas Sammond, Author
Race, page 19 of 25

 

You appear to be using an older verion of Internet Explorer. For the best experience please upgrade your IE version or switch to a another web browser.

Race, Page 251

Performing intermediality in the early sound era, the blackface minstrels Moran and Mack circulated between the stage, radio and the screen (and between live and animated cinema) as the vestiges of the minstrel show and vaudeville stage were subsumed into newer forms of mass entertainment.

At the same time, as blackface minstrelsy's popularity faded and its markers became increasingly vestigial, representations of black culture in cartoons became more explicitly racist, especially in cartoons that celebrated jazz.
Comment on this page
 

Discussion of "Race, Page 251"

Add your voice to this discussion.

Checking your signed in status ...

Previous page on path Race, page 19 of 25 Next page on path
MGM    1930s    Cartoons    Image    Moving Image    Sound    Color

Related:  Space, Page 190Performance, Page 60Race, Page 248Labor, Page 129Race, Page 261Labor, Page 109Space, Page 189Space, Page 165Race, Page 231Conclusion, Page 290Performance, Page 82Space, Page 162Space, Page 146Race, Page 206Introduction, Page 9Performance, Page 47Labor, Page 112Conclusion, Page 300Conclusion, Page 292Race, Page 224Race, Page 253Space, Page 152Space, Page 182Performance, Page 50Race, Page 258Space, Page 188Race, Page 229Race, Page 257Race, Page 221Introduction, Page 14Race, Page 220Race, Page 230Space, Page 172Conclusion, Page 284Labor, Page 98Conclusion, Page 289Race, Page 232Space, Page 178Introduction, Page 18Space, Page 143Space, Page 184Labor, Page 123Performance, Page 34Labor, Page 131Introduction, Page 29Labor, Page 110Race, Page 204Space, Page 187Space, Page 148Conclusion, Page 298ProducersConclusion, Page 296Space, Page 181Space, Page 177Space, Page 194Space, Page 170Conclusion, Page 278Race, Page 213Race, Page 235Performance, Page 35Introduction, Page 30Labor, Page 128introduction-page-22Race, Page 254Introduction, Page 20Performance, Page 72Space, Page 141Introduction, Page 2Labor, Page 133Space, Page 138Space, Page 150Performance, Page 74Introduction, Page 6Space, Page 171Performance, Page 41Introduction, Page 12Labor, Page 88Space, Page 169Space, Page 156Conclusion, Page 302Labor, Page 102Performance, Page 70Space, Page 137Performance, Page 40Labor, Page 122Conclusion, Page 273Race, Page 247Space, Page 175Labor, Page 113Introduction, Page 1Race, Page 252Space, Page 163Race, Page 239Introduction, Page 21Conclusion, Page 291Labor, Page 96Labor, Page 126Conclusion, Page 304Performance, Page 77Performance, Page 84Space, Page 193Labor, Page 119Conclusion, Page 275Conclusion, Page 303Introduction, Page 23Conclusion, Page 272Space, Page 197Race, Page 225Performance, Page 56Performance, Page 43Labor, Page 132Performance, Page 45Space, Page 155Space, Page 191Conclusion, Page 268Introduction, Page 4Performance, Page 52Race, Page 219Performance, Page 46Conclusion, Page 274Conclusion, Page 286Performance, Page 42Performance, Page 67Race, Page 245Performance, Page 54Space, Page 159Space, Page 195Performance, Page 62Labor, Page 101Labor, Page 93Performance, Page 78Space, Page 183Space, Page 192Introduction, Page 26Performance, Page 80