10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NIGGER MINSTREL»
Discover the use of
nigger minstrel in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
nigger minstrel and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Judy, Or the London Serio-comic Journal
A nigger minstrel, however black he may be painted, always possesses one
virtue : — he is certain to preserve the bones of his ancestors. All of us know how
to spell the Daily News, but did you ever know that M-A-T-R-I-M-O-N-Y spells the
...
2
Judy, or, The London serio-comic journal, ed. by C.H. Ross
Now Parkes felt certain that ho could As he was I His fame in life foresee, And to
this end declared he would A nigger minstrel be. In truth it was a funny whim, For
Parkes, I'd have you know, Was somewhat of a dandy trim, Dressed always ...
3
Black World/Negro Digest
We were English, so we said "nigger." As simple as that. Sometimes we saw "
nigger minstrel" shows, but these were mostly white men made up with theatrical
grease paint, to look like Negroes. We'd never heard them called "Negro
minstrels.
4
Gothic Images of Race in Nineteenth-century Britain
In fact, in Western popular culture, the dancing cannibal and the nigger minstrel
have much in common. They both seem to involve a progressive humorization of
stereotypes that initially at least carried some purposeful seriousness of meaning
...
5
The voyage of the Discovery
As everyone knows, a nigger minstrel performance consists of a number of songs
and choruses, between which the ball of conversation is kept rolling amongst the
various minstrels in the form of weighty conundrums, which, after numerous ...
Robert Falcon Scott, 1907
thirteen times, and threw the buns (there were seven left out of the fourteen he
got for sixpence) at a nigger minstrel who was going round collecting money in
his tambourine. The nigger minstrel caught six of the buns in his mouth, but the ...
7
The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
William split his face and agitated his tongue like the tail of a spring lamb, but to
what purport and purpose I am unable to say; life, thank the good Lord, is too
short to peruse the record of a nigger minstrel's mind.” Endear ] Charles Crocker
...
Ambrose Bierce, David E. Schultz, S. T. Joshi, 2001
Banjo-plunking, eye-rolling, blackface comedians are one of the stereotypes that
the Nigger Minstrel companies have inflicted on African Americans and it is
therefore somewhat incongruous that all-black Minstrel shows have been so ...
9
Edith Wharton's Brave New Politics
The Negro chants and "nigger-minstrel" show which the Americans and
Brazilians introduce to British society are the critical points of entry into the ways
in which customs and rituals displace the discussions of the fears absorbing the
novel's ...
10
Only Joking: What's So Funny About Making People Laugh?
When you consider the inglorious history of America's “nigger minstrel” shows,
you begin to see his point. Black slaves on the plantations used to sing and
dance to entertain themselves; in particular, they invented a humorous dance
called the ...
Jimmy Carr, Lucy Greeves, 2006
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NIGGER MINSTREL»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
nigger minstrel is used in the context of the following news items.
Oxford Tories suspended over 'racist jokes'
... Anne Winterton's lead and dresses as a 'Nigger Minstrel' ". The person who had posted the captioned picture, fellow Tory aide Philip Clarke, ... «Independent, Jun 09»
Britain at War: At the outbreak of war, my family were fitted for gas …
... taken in a galvanised tin bath used daily by Mr G when he came home form work covered with coal dust and looking like a nigger minstrel. «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 09»
Golliwogs have a godly origin
It cannnot be denied though that the Uptons' concept of the Golliwogg depended on the image of the "Nigger minstrel" – the black-faced white ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Feb 09»
