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Jim Crow on Fraternity Row: A study of the Phenomenon of Blackface in the White Southern Fraternal Order

Patton, Tracey Owens·2008·Visual Communication Quarterly
DOI 10.1080/15551390802235503
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Blackface minstrelsy firmly entrenched Blacks, black entertainment, and black performers as buffoons in the white imagination. The entertainment industry (film, radio, and television) is the most common place to witness the persistence of blackface performativity; a less commonly known but equally important site of contemporary blackface performance is the southern white fraternity. Through the use of raced artifacts, racial terrorism is enacted, and the performativity of this racist act is reduced through the guise of humor. Using bell hook's “eating the other” coupled with visual rhetoric, this article examines the continued popularity of racial marginalization and racial terrorism through blackface performances at southern white fraternities.

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Authors
Patton, T. O.
Affiliations
University of Wyoming (US)
Corresponding author
Patton, Tracey Owens
Venue
Visual Communication Quarterly
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2008-08
Volume
15
Issue
3
Pages
150-168
ISSN
  • 1555-1393 (ISSN-L)
  • 1555-1407
DOI
10.1080/15551390802235503
OpenAlex
W1488481795
Cited by
20
References
36
Citations by year
2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 3 · 2012: 1
FWCI
1.16
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Visual Communication Quarterly (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Race, History, and American Society
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Rhetoric and Communication Studies
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Visual Arts and Performing Arts › Arts and Performance Studies
Keywords
blackface minstrelsy, Jim Crow, racial terrorism, racial marginalization, humor, bell hooks, visual rhetoric, racial stereotypes, Southern United States

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