Walking the tightrope between racial stereotypes and respectability: images of African American and Native American artists in the golden age of the circus.

The golden age of the circus coincided with especially difficult times in African American and Native American history. For African Americans, this era is known as the Nadir, a time of Jim Crow segregation, scientific racism and the most anti-African-American lynchings. Native Americans faced harsh...

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Published in:	Early Popular Visual Culture Vol. 15; no. 3; pp. 315 - 334
Main Author:	Hughes, Sakina M.
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Aug2017
Subjects:	Circus Aerialists Native American artists Racism Culture African American artists
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost