Langbeschreibung
"With theoretical verve and archival aplomb, Louis Chude-Sokei explores an open secret that we too often have preferred to ignore: the central role of black minstrelsy in the origins of the Harlem Renaissance. Starting with the simple fact of Bert Williams's Caribbean origins, he finds the multiple layers of masquerade in any performance of 'race.' A timely, often profound portrait of the dynamics of intraracial difference in diaspora."--Brent Hayes Edwards, author of "The Practice of Diaspora "
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction 11. Black Minstrel, Black Modernism 172. Migrations of a Mask 463. Theorizing Black-on-Black Cross-Culturality 824. The Global Economy of Minstrelsy 1145. In Dahomy 1616. Claude McKay’s Calypso 207Notes 249Bibliography 263Index 272