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Love and Theft

The Racial Unconscious of Blackface Minstrelsy

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ID4370195
AuthorsEric Lott (corresponding author)
Year1992
Volume39
Pages23-50
Publication date1992-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueRepresentations (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0734-6018 • E-ISSN: 1533-855X
PublisherUniversity of California Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1525/rep.1992.39.1.99p0120h
OpenAlexW4246848842
LanguageEN
Citations received52
References cited47

Research Article| July 01 1992 Love and Theft: The Racial Unconscious of Blackface Minstrelsy Eric Lott Eric Lott Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Representations (1992) 39: 23–50. https://doi.org/10.2307/2928593 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Eric Lott; Love and Theft: The Racial Unconscious of Blackface Minstrelsy. Representations 1 July 1992; 39 23–50. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/2928593 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentRepresentations Search This content is only available via PDF. Copyright 1992 The Regents of the University of California Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content

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Citations per year1,63
Citation span1994 - 2024 (31)
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