Blackface Geographies

Kellen Hoxworth; Douglas A. Jones

doi:10.1017/S1054204325101172

Blackface Geographies

Kellen Hoxworth
, Douglas A. Jones

Theatre and Dance

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As “blackface” has become a catchall for a range of practices in contemporary global popular culture, use of the term has entrenched an implicit assumption that blackface is distinctive to the United States. To grasp the manifest globality of blackface, however, it is necessary to consider the many histories and forms blackface has taken across disparate geographies as well as its role in shaping racialized mappings of the world.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	60-72
Number of pages	13
Journal	TDR - The Drama Review - A Journal of Performance Studies
Volume	70
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S1054204325101172
State	Published - Mar 1 2026

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