Censoring racial ridicule : Irish, Jewish, and African American struggles over race and representation, 1890-1930 /
M. Alison Kibler.
- Chapel Hill [North Carolina] : The University of North Carolina Press, (c)2015.
- 1 online resource (xii, 314 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction -- The minstrel show and the melee: Irish, Jewish, and African Americans in popular culture and politics -- Practical censorship: Irish American theater riots -- Immoral . . . in the broad sense: censoring racial ridicule in legitimate theater -- Shylock and Sambo censored: Jewish and African American campaigns for race-based motion picture censorship -- Are the Hebrews to have a censor?: Jewish censors in Chicago -- Without fear or favor: free-speech advocates confront race-based -- Censorship -- Conclusion.
9781469618388
Racism and the arts--History--United States--19th century. Racism and the arts--History--United States--20th century. Stereotypes (Social psychology) in motion pictures. Theater and society--History--United States--19th century. Theater and society--History--United States--20th century. Racism in popular culture--History--United States--19th century.