History 2132A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: World'S Columbian Exposition, Cattle Prod, Ferris Wheel
12 Dec 2016
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John henry progress, modernization, industrialization, man was very powerful went up. History 2132- lecture 3 against a machine and blew his heart up. Modernization is required to have a popular culture. The minstrel show white actors applying burnt cork to their face in order to look black, and performing what they perceived as black attributes (childlike, uncivilized) us phenomenon. Prior to jim crow, black face minstrelsy was a form of resistance against white supremacy. Happened in nyc first performers were working class youths. Used this to express their marginalization in their society related with another marginalized elements of us society related to each other. Performed the song jim crow one of american first international hits. Thought to be the way african americans act actually emerged on the plantations, slaves. Cakewalk when he performed it like a square dance over exaggerated movements used the dance to mock their white owners, form of subversion.
