minstrelry
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4ADJ.
demeaning
VERB + MINSTRELRY
crowd-pleasing
MINSTRELRY + NOUN
oneself
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up
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noun
The art of minstrels.
A simplified depiction of another culture, especially black African, for entertainment purposes, generally seen as offensive.
Possibly it was a tune of West African origin or, equally likely, a piece of mock-Ethiopian minstrelry composed by a white American.
Minstrelry (making oneself up as “the other” to take the other over, to evacuate difference, to control representation) is indeed a dangerous and unethical practice.
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3Possibly it was a tune of West African origin or, equally likely, a piece of mock-Ethiopian minstrelry composed by a white American.
WiktionaryMinstrelry (making oneself up as “the other” to take the other over, to evacuate difference, to control representation) is indeed a dangerous and unethical practice.
WiktionarySpearheaded by Charlie Parker, bebop, or just bop, had evolved in the 1940s, partly as an antidote to the crowd-pleasing showmanship (demeaning minstrelry, as they saw it) that was demanded in popular
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