How did impromptu bands of sailors in blackface become a significant channel of 19th century US cultural diplomacy?
Tag: T. D. Rice
Lhamon: Raising Cain (2000)
Lhamon reconstructs the hidden history of public dance, musical fusion, Jim Crow, and racial identity (& transgression) in antebellum U.S. cities, then traces it forward into the 20th century:
Jim Crow (Rice, 1830)
If we can hold our immediate revulsion at the (now offensive) language, we’ll find some shocking critique and surprisingly liberal views in the lyrics…
The Hardtacks 