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Birth of an Industry BIRTH OF AN Industry Blackface Minstrelsy and the Rise of American Animation NICHOLAS SAMMOND Duke university Press Durham and London 2015 © 2015 Duke University Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America on acid- free paper ♾ Designed by Amy Ruth Buchanan Typeset in Scala Pro by Tseng Information Systems, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Sammond, Nicholas, [date] Birth of an industry : blackface minstrelsy and the rise of American animation / Nicholas Sammond. pages Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978- 0- 8223- 5840- 4 (hardcover : alk. paper) isbn 978- 0- 8223- 5852- 7 (pbk. : alk. paper) isbn 978- 0- 8223- 7578- 4 (e- book) 1. Animated films—United States—History and criticism. 2. Animation (Cinematography)—United States— History—20th century. 3. Blackface entertainers. 4. Minstrel shows. i. Title. nc1766.u5s36 2015 791.43′34—dc23 2015003368 Cover art: Bimbo © 2015 Fleischer Studios, Inc., TM Fleischer Studios, Inc. Photo: Christine Riggio. Dedicated to the Memory of JOHN MCCLOSKEY MOYNIHAN 1960–2004 Animator, Author, Rogue and SARA ELIZABETH GARMENT 1960–2011 Poet, Translator, Swami CONTENTS Note on the Companion Website ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 BITING THE INVISIBLE HAND 1. PERFORMANCE 33 2. LABOR 87 3. SPACE 135 4. RACE 203 Conclusion 267 THE “NEW” BLACKFACE Notes 307 Bibliography 351 Index 365 NOTE ON THE COMPANION WEBSITE Birth of an Industry has a digital companion that features all of the media discussed here. To view that media, as well as additional materials and commentary on blackface minstrelsy, vaudeville, and animation, go to http://scalar.usc.edu/works/birthofanindustry
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