LIST OF MUSICAL EXAMPLES

PREFACE

ABBREVIATIONS

Introduction

1. Revisiting Minstrelsy's History: The Playbill and Contextual Evidence

The Playbills

2. Blackface Parodies of American Speech and Rhetoric: Burlesque Lectures and Sermons, Political Orations, Comic Dialogues, and Stories

3. Opera for the Masses: Burlesques of English and Italian Opera

4. Ethiopian Sketches of American Life: Skits, Farces, and Afterpieces

5. Blackface Ministrelsy, Masculinity, and Social Rituals in Vocal and Choral Repertories

6. Blackface Minstrelsy and Misogyny in Vocal and Choral Repertories

Conclusion

APPENDIXES

A. Representative Minstrel Companies and Personnel in Playbills and Newspaper Advertisements, 1843-60

B. Representative Concluding Numbers from Selected Minstrel Shows, 1843-60

C. Song Text Frequency in Selected Antebellum Songsters

NOTES

WORKS CITED

INDEX