Kibler, M. Alison,

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.


Electronic Books.

NX180 / .C467 2015