{"product_id":"canada-and-the-blackface-atlantic-cheryl-thompson-9781771126540","title":"Canada and the Blackface Atlantic: Performing Slavery, Conflict and Freedom, 1812-1895","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCanada and the Blackface Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e traces the origins of theatre, dance, and concert singing in Canada and their connection to British and American song and dance traditions. When theatrical acts first appeared in the late eighteenth century, chattel slavery had transformed into mass entertainment on minstrel stages across the Atlantic world.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs railroads and theatres were built, local blackface troupes emerged alongside touring British and American acts. By the 1850s, blackface theatre could be found in remote Western outposts to stages in Central and Maritime Canada. This is one of the first books to connect the rise of Canadian blackface minstrelsy with the emergence of Black singers, and choral groups. It describes how Black performers who assumed minstrelsy's mask remapped plantation slavery on Canadian stages. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt begins with the conflicts that shaped North America - the American Revolutionary War, and the War of 1812. Next, it connects these origins with eighteenth-century British immigration, which brought folk dances and masking traditions to North America. From there, it unmasks when and how \"Jim Crow\" became an Atlantic world sensation, which set the stage for blackface to expand. Finally, it considers how Black acts reimagined the parameters of their own freedom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cheryl Thompson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 177112654X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781771126540\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wilfrid Laurier University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/22\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs","brand":"Cheryl Thompson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46293145583871,"sku":"9781771126540","price":46.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2cc3c31c-8d43-40f2-98cb-6bb779e8386c.jpg?v=1730212260","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/canada-and-the-blackface-atlantic-cheryl-thompson-9781771126540","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}