Canada and the Blackface Atlantic - Thompson, Cheryl
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This book traces the rise of Canadian blackface, including the country's first stages. It outlines the minstrels troupes, jubilee choirs and concert singers who performed to audiences on the same stages, and ultimately argues that the theatre helped to create racial and gender stereotypes while also challenging ideas about slavery and freedom.

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This book traces the rise of Canadian blackface, including the country's first stages. It outlines the minstrels troupes, jubilee choirs and concert singers who performed to audiences on the same stages, and ultimately argues that the theatre helped to create racial and gender stereotypes while also challenging ideas about slavery and freedom.
Autorenporträt
Cheryl Thompson is author of Canada and the Blackface Atlantic: Performing Slavery, Conflict, and Freedom, 1812-1897 (2025), Uncle: Race, Nostalgia, and the Politics of Loyalty (2021) and Beauty in a Box: Detangling the Roots of Canada's Black Beauty Culture (2019). She holds a PhD in Communication Studies from McGill University.