Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. From White Negress to Yiddishe Mama: Sophie Tucker and the Female Blackface Tradition 16
6. 2. The Same Show Boat? Edna Ferber’s Interracial Ideal 58
7. 3. Limitations of White: Fannie Hurst and the Consumption of Blackness 96
8. 4. Moses and Minstrelsy: Zora Neale Hurston and the Black-Jewish Imaginary 143
9. Conclusion 177
10. Notes 185
11. Index 221