Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction. Performative Blackness in Early Modern Europe 1
4. Chapter 1 A Brief History of Baroque Black-Up: Cosmetic Blackness and Religion 35
5. Chapter 2 A Brief Herstory of Baroque Black-Up: Cosmetic Blackness, Gender, and Sexuality 83
6. Chapter 3 Blackspeak Acoustic Blackness and the Accents of Race 137
7. Chapter 4 Black Moves: Race, Dance, and Power 187
8. Post/Script Ecologies of Racial Performance 235
9. Appendix. Selection of Early Modern Plays Featuring Black Characters 239
10. Notes 255
11. Bibliography 319
12. Index 349
13. Acknowledgments 355