Darkology: Blackface and the American Way of Entertainment
From culture to the entertainment industry, this revealing exploration of blackface dives into its racist history and the lasting impact it has left on American society.
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"This book, I suspect, will detonate over certain corners in America.... Darkology is a major and thrilling work of American history." —Dwight Garner, New York Times Book Review, cover story
As Heard on NPR's Fresh Air: "Quite enlightening." —Terry Gross
"Tremendous.... Barnes has corralled the chaos, contradiction, and surprise of American social reality; evaded mythology; and made... the ‘unwritten’ legible.... [A] painfully necessary autopsy of the nation’s soul." —Wa...







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