Contributions

  • Joyce Seltzer - Editor
  • Correll Family Collection - Cover Photographer
  • REM Studio - Cover Design

Publication

1991-06-03 - The Free Press, New York City, New York, USA, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

80,500 words, Guess

Page Count

322 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • LibraryThing582819
  • Goodreads1597518

Classifications

  • DDC791.44/72
  • LCCPN1991.77.A6 E49 1991

Description

"Melvin Patrick Ely unveils a tale of America's shifting color line, in which two professional directors of blackface minstrel shows manage to produce a series so rich and complex that it wins admirers ranging from ultra-racists to outspoken racial egalitarians. Eventually, the pair stir further controversy when they bring their show to television.". "In a preface written especially for this new edition of his acclaimed classic, Ely shows how white and black responses to his Adventures of Amos 'n' Andy tell a revealing story of their own about racial hopes and fears at the turn of the twenty-first century."--BOOK JACKET.

First Sentence

By ten o'clock on a snowy January evening in 1926, it had already been dark for hours.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • The Adventures of Amos 'n' Andy: A Social History of an American PhenomenonHardcoverThe Free Press1991-06-03

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