Love & Theft: Blackface Minstrelsy and the American Working Class (Race and American Culture) Paperback – Import, 12 September 2013

I have never in my entire F****** LIFE read a book w/ more F****** revelations on EVERY PAGE. HOLY F***. No wonder Bob F******* Dylan copied the title for his 2001 album. I'm on p. 25 and I've filled every margin w/ notes along the way. Pure intellectual Majesty. Minstrelsy was THE most popular American art form for decades, the 19th-century predecessor to Movies and TV. Why? Eric Lott explains EVERYTHING.p.s. I've never seen it before, but the cover of this edition is strangely waxy to the touch rather than smooth - clearly, a publisher's decision, but a strange one nonetheless! Still, the book is sheer genius, so don't let that stop you!

Für jemanden. der sich tatsächlich mit dem Phänomen Rock'n'Roll auseinandersetzen möchte, ist dies ein erstaunlicher einblick in die Dynamik von schwarzer und weißer Kultur.

I’ve read this book multiple times over the course of my academic career. No matter how far away from the 1980s we get it still holds weight in cultural studies and in my work. If you’re interested in histories of race and blackface minstrelsy in America, it is worth a read as a foundational text.

I found a copy of it years ago and lost it; now I'm so glad I found it again so I can finish it, finally!Good

The book is a great piece to read in today's hyper-racialized moments