{"product_id":"whiting-up-whiteface-minstrels-and-stage-europeans-in-african-american-performance-paperback","title":"Whiting Up: Whiteface Minstrels and Stage Europeans in African American Performance - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarvin McAllister\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the early 1890s, black performer Bob Cole turned blackface minstrelsy on its head with his nationally recognized whiteface creation, a character he called Willie Wayside. Just over a century later, hiphop star Busta Rhymes performed a whiteface supercop in his hit music video \"Dangerous.\" In this sweeping work, Marvin McAllister explores the enduring tradition of \"whiting up,\" in which African American actors, comics, musicians, and even everyday people have studied and assumed white racial identities. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNot to be confused with racial \"passing\" or derogatory notions of \"acting white,\" whiting up is a deliberate performance strategy designed to challenge America's racial and political hierarchies by transferring supposed markers of whiteness to black bodies--creating unexpected intercultural alliances even as it sharply critiques racial stereotypes. Along with conventional theater, McAllister considers a variety of other live performance modes, including weekly promenading rituals, antebellum cakewalks, solo performance, and standup comedy. For over three centuries, whiting up as allowed African American artists to appropriate white cultural production, fashion new black identities through these \"white\" forms, and advance our collective ability to locate ourselves in others. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52624502686003,"sku":"9781469618807","price":71.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/ckpSTHhtSU1FYzRuY3IxU1hmdm1LUT09.webp?v=1762009080","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/whiting-up-whiteface-minstrels-and-stage-europeans-in-african-american-performance-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}