This thesis, "Genuine Spectacle: Sliding Positionality in the Work of Pauline E. Hopkins, Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, and Spike Lee," addresses the position of Hopkins's 1879 musical, Slaves' Escape; or the Underground Railroad, Hurston and Hughes's unproduced 1931 play, Mule Bone: A Comedy of Negro Life, and Lee's 2000 film, Bamboozled within what scholar W. T. Lhamon has dubbed the "blackface lore cycle." Viewing these works within the context of this cycle, which swings from virulently racist caricatures of blackness to obsequious imitation and vice versa, allows for an analysis of the sliding cultural currency given to minstrel stereotypes from the late nineteenth century to the present. / A Thesis Submitted to the Department of English in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts. / Spring Semester, 2006. / January 18, 2006. / African American Film, African American Theater, 20th Century Film, Harlem Renaissance, 19th Century Theater, Colored American Magazine / Includes bibliographical references. / W. T. Lhamon, Professor Directing Thesis; Leigh Edwards, Committee Member; Tomeiko Ashford, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_180659 |
| Contributors | Metzler, Jessica (authoraut), Lhamon, W. T. (professor directing thesis), Edwards, Leigh (committee member), Ashford, Tomeiko (committee member), Department of English (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution) |
| Publisher | Florida State University, Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource, computer, application/pdf |
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