Darkest America: Black Minstrelsy from Slavery to Hip-Hop by Yuval Taylor, Jake Austen, Mel Watkins

Darkest America: Black Minstrelsy from Slavery to Hip-Hop

Yuval Taylor, Jake Austen, Mel Watkins

364 pages first pub 2012 (view editions)

nonfiction history music reflective medium-paced
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Darkest America is ideal for readers curious about the complex intersections of race, performance, and cultural identity in American history, who seek to challenge conventional narratives by exploring provocative and paradoxically empowering artistic traditions.

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An exploration and celebration of a controversial tradition that, contrary to popular opinion, is alive and active after more than 150 years.Yuval Taylor and Jake Austen investigate the complex history of black minstrelsy, adopted in the mid-ninet...

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