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Darktown Strutters: A Novel |  | Authors: Wesley Brown, W. T., Jr. Lhamon
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 1146084
Media: Paperback
Pages: 233
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 9 x 5.8 x 0.6
ISBN: 1558492704
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781558492707
ASIN: 1558492704
Publication Date: September 1, 2000
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Product Description
This historic novel about blackface minstrels explores below the surface. Eric Lott, writing for African American Review, described it as "A novel of ideas devoted to exploring the complex fate of black and white Americans caught, as ever, in a racial history they can neither surmount nor escape".
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Jim Crow Laws and Black Subjugation June 4, 2001
Donovan Bezer (NJ, United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
When I met Wesley Brown in 1998, I was a college student and the professor of a class I was taking (who was friends with Professor Brown) was able to convince him to visit the class (The Black Novel) so we could ask him questions about Darktown Strutters. It was the kinda thing where we absolutely HAD to read the book, lest we embarrass our professor and get him ticked off at us. Fearing a possible bad grade, then, I obviously read the entire book. But I really enjoyed it. The book is valuable for many reasons, but two distinct things I liked were: (a) its historical accuracy and clarity with respect to Jim Crow laws and the advent of Vaudeville, and (b) the "your momma"-style, sharp street barbs traded back and forth by the characters.
Close to a modern-day Huckleberry Finn. March 25, 1999
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
For a novel that's practically a classic, it's actually a great read! You go deep into the belly of the black experience before, during and after the Civil War. The cast of characters Jim meets along the travels of his showbiz life are rich and varied. The book will remind many readers of the adventures of Huck Finn. However, it takes a dark Puddinhead Wilson twist. This hurts it slightly, in my opinion, but still doesn't knock the novel off its lofty perch as a very funny, deeply moving and totally rewarding book.
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