Michael Jackson and the Blackface Mask Taylor & Francis Ltd

In this expanded, all-new edition, Michael Jackson and the Blackface Mask arguesfor the tangible relationship between Jackson and blackface minstrelsy. It reveals the dialogue at minstrelsy’s core and, in its broader sense, tracks a centuries-long pattern of racial oppression and its resistance and how that has been played out in popular theatre. Scholarly and interdisciplinary, this work is suitable for readers across a diverse spectrum of academic fields, including African American studies, po...