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- Blackface - Wikipedia
Blackface is the practice of performers of any ethnicity using burned cork, shoe polish, or theatrical makeup to portray a caricature of dark-skinned people, e g African-Americans, on stage or in entertainment
- Darkology chronicles the hidden history of amateur blackface in . . .
In her new book, Darkology, historian Rhae Lynn Barnes writes about how blackface and minstrel shows became one of the most popular forms of entertainment in 19th- and 20th-century America
- Blackface minstrelsy | Definition, History, Facts | Britannica
Intended as comic entertainment, blackface minstrelsy was performed by a group of white minstrels (traveling musicians) with black-painted faces, whose material caricatured the singing and dancing of enslaved people
- How the History of Blackface Is Rooted in Racism
The portrayal of blackface–when people darken their skin with shoe polish, greasepaint or burnt cork and paint on enlarged lips and other exaggerated features—is steeped in centuries of racism
- Blackface: The Birth of An American Stereotype
Popular American actors, including Shirley Temple, Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney donned blackface, bridging the minstrel performance across generations, and making blackface (racial parody, and stereotypes) a family amusement
- A Brief History of Blackface ( Its Legacy) - TheCollector
Blackface minstrelsy—exaggerated highly racist comedic performances of “blackness” by white people in black makeup—allowed working-class and poor whites to codify whiteness as “its antithesis ” Though its precise origins are unclear, the first blackface performers seem to have emerged in the 1830s
- Why Is Blackface Controversial? Just Look at Its History
But blackface as we know it today, a cultural practice meant to mock, exoticize, disparage, pity and generalize African-American people and culture, can be traced back to 19th-century theater
- Blackface | Arts and Entertainment | Research Starters - EBSCO
Blackface is a theatrical practice characterized by the use of makeup and costumes by white performers to imitate and exaggerate the appearance and stereotypes of African Americans
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