Birth of a notion; or, the half ain't never been told : a narrative account with entertaining passages of the state of Minstrelsy & of America & the true relation thereof (from the ha ha dark side) / as written by Bill Harris.
Publication Info.
Detroit, Mich. : Wayne State University Press, [2010]
This title offers a critical look at black identity in American history and popular culture as told from a performative African American perspective. In "Birth of a Notion", poet and playwright Bill Harris confronts contemporary stereotypes and prejudices by looking back to their roots in early American history. In a hybrid work of prose and poetry that takes its cues from nineteenth-century minstrelsy, Harris speaks back to preconceived notions about 'blackness' through many different characters and voices--Product description.
