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The amalgamation waltz : race, performance, and the ruses of memory
Title
The amalgamation waltz : race, performance, and the ruses of memory / Tavia Nyong'o.
ISBN
9780816656127 (hc : alk. paper)
0816656126 (hc : alk. paper)
9780816656134 (pb : alk. paper)
0816656134 (pb : alk. paper)
Published
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2009.
Physical Description
230 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 26, 2009
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-220) and index.
Contents
Introduction: Antebellum genealogies of the hybrid future
The mirror of liberty : constituent power and the American mongrel
In night's eye : amalgamation, respectability, and shame
Minstrel trouble : racial travesty in the circum-Atlantic fold
Carnivalizing time : decoding the racial past in art and installation
Conclusion: Mongrel pasts, hybrid futures.
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