Censoring Racial Ridicule: Irish, Jewish, and African American Struggles over Race and Representation, 1890-1930

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Kibler, M. Alison

Kibler, M. Alison

A drunken Irish maid slips and falls. A greedy Jewish pawnbroker lures his female employee into prostitution. An African American man leers at a white woman. These and other, similar images appeared widely on stages and screens across America during the early twentieth century. In this provocative study, M. Alison Kibler uncovers, for the first time, powerful and concurrent campaigns by Irish, Jewish and African Americans against racial ridicule in popular culture at the turn of the twentieth century. Censoring Racial Ridicule explores how Irish, Jewish, and African American groups of the era resisted harmful representations in popular culture by lobbying behind the scenes, boycotting particular acts, and staging theater riots. Kibler demonstrates that these groups' tactics evolved and diverged over time, with some continuing to pursue street protest while others sought redress through new censorship laws.
Exploring the relationship between free expression, democracy, and equality in America, Kibler shows that the Irish, Jewish, and African American campaigns against racial ridicule are at the roots of contemporary debates over hate speech.

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Non Fiction

Non Fiction

9781469618388

2015

The University of North Carolina Press

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Censoring Racial Ridicule Irish, Jewish, and African American Struggles over Race and Representation, 1890-1930

Censoring Racial Ridicule Irish, Jewish, and African American Struggles over Race and Representation, 1890-1930

Censoring Racial Ridicule

Irish, Jewish, and African American Struggles over Race and Representation, 1890-1930

History
Nonfiction
Performing Arts