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Description Technical Specs   A History of  The Minstrel Show By Frank Sweet How did minstrel shows get started? What was a minstrel show like?  Why did they die out? What impact do minstrel shows have on life today? Find the answers to these burning questions and more in A History of the Minstrel Show by Rhythm Bones Society member Frank Sweet. This thirty-two page illustrated booklet is brief and direct. The comprehensive work is well-documented, easy to understand, and reveals the basic facts you need to know about those mysterious minstrel shows of yesterday. The booklet offers a progressive view of the minstrel era, but avoids all that out-of-context emotional baggage you see in so many other narratives. In short, Frank explains the rise and fall of minstrelsy, then lets you move on with your life. And hey, for $3.95 you can't hardly go wrong. Contents I. Introduction II. Converging Threads Shivaree Working Class Alienation Irish Dance with African Syncopation The Other Inventors III. Performance Overview Audience and Cast Part One - The Opening Part Two - The Olio Part Three - The Walk-around Dialect IV. Diverging Threads Vaudville Killed the Minstrel Show Characters Dance Steps Music Blackface V. Conclusion VI. Works Cited About the Author Frank W. Sweet has written numerous booklets found at museum and state park gift shops throughout Florida. He is a Ph.D. candidate in history at the University of Florida in Gainesville and holds a master's degree in Civil War studies at American Military University in Manassas, Virginia. He is an authority on military tactics of the Civil War, antebellum race relations, and is the author of Legal History of the Color Line. Frank served on the editorial board of the magazine Interracial Voice, moderates the One Drop Rule discussion group, plays banjo - and is married to a bone player. Minstrel Show FAQs...   Features Condensed overview of minstrel era: Answers basic questions about minstrelsy Written in plain English: A history of minstrelsy for the rest of us Quick read: Just 32 fact-filled pages Illustrated: Five vintage illustrations

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