#MinstrelShows
"In her new book #Darkology: #Blackface and the American Way of Entertainment, Barnes traces the origin of #minstrelshows, performances in which an actor portrays an exaggerated & #racist depiction of Black, often #formerlyenslaved, people." apple.news/A9CMoI9XZTDW...
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This historian dug up the hidden history of 'amateur' blackface in America — NPR
In her new book, Darkology, historian Rhae Lynn Barnes writes about how blackface and minstrel shows became one of the most popular forms of entertainment in 19th- and 20th-century America.
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March 10, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Zwarte Piet zoals wij die hier kennen is heus geen 'eeuwenoude traditie' hoor. Vroeger was Zwarte Piet in Nederland ook een duvelsfiguur.

Dat verandert pas in de tweede helft van de 19e eeuw, wanneer Britse minstrelshows in Nederland populair worden. www.aup-online.com/content/jour...
Zwarte Piet, een blackfacepersonage | Amsterdam University Press Journals Online
Abstract Black Pete, a blackface character: a century of blackface amusement in the Netherlands In 1847 the Ethiopian Serenaders successfully introduced American blackface minstrelsy to a Dutch public...
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November 23, 2024 at 1:53 PM
Oder vielleicht Minstrelshows.
February 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM