Blackface | Professor Ayanna Thompson

#ads Stream any unabridged audiobook of your choice with premium access by starting your trial on:https://booksreader.space/al-1966/Title: Blackface Series: Object Lessons Author: Professor Ayanna Thompson Narrator: Rachel Handshaw Format: mp3 Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins Release date: 05-29-25 Ratings: Not rated yet Genres: Literary History & Criticism Publisher's Summary: Why are there so many examples of public figures, entertainers, and normal, everyday people in blackface? And why aren’t there as many examples of people of color in whiteface? This book explains what blackface is, why it occurred, and what its legacies are in the 21st century. There is a filthy and vile thread—sometimes it’s tied into a noose—that connects the first performances of Blackness on English stages, the birth of blackface minstrelsy, contemporary performances of Blackness, and anti-Black racism.