The Jackson jive: Blackface today and the limits of whiteness in Australia

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The Jackson jive: Blackface today and the limits of whiteness in Australia

Blackface has had something of a renaissance in the United States. There it is invested with a postmodern, selfconsciously parodic quality. In Australia there has also been a renaissance of blackface. Here, however, it appears to continue to be invested more straightforwardly with racism. This artic...

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Main Author:	Stratton, Jon
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	European Association for Studies on Australia 2011
Subjects:	bogans larrikins blackface Nicky Winmar Jackson Jive racism
Online Access:	http://www.easa-australianstudies.net/node/261 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35707

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