Minstrelsy beyond the ‘West’: deflections, continuities and the un/knowing of race in Singapore

• Main Author: Teo, Terri-Anne
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Social sciences::Sociology; Ethnicity; Misrecognition
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/162696
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The blackface minstrel reflects Black histories of slavery, repression and dehumanisation that further devolved into a ‘mess of entertainment and politics, love and hate, attraction and repulsion, class and race consciousness, sincere imitation and cruel mockery’ (Strausbaugh, J., 2006. Black Like Y...