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blackface
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black makeup used by white performers playing black character as in minstrel shows
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culture
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values, standards, and patters of behavior of a particular group of people. expressed by customs, lanaguage, rituals, history, religion, social and political inst. and in art and theatre
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pop culture
"popular culture" |
the fads and fashions that dominate mainstream media music and art for a period of time
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enculturation
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process by which we learn about our culture
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multiculturalism
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the endeavor to overcome all forms of discrimination so that people can coexist peacefully
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shortcuts in thinking that attribute a generalized identity to people who are not like us
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stereotype
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plays by and about a specific cultural group of ethnic group
promotes partic. ppl's awareness of themselves and their experiences, tradition, culture |
theatre of identity
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the jewish theatre district on second avenue in NYC in late 19th and early 20th century
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Yiddish Broadway
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an African American literary articist, and musical movement during the 1920's and 1930's
black struggle for artistic independence |
Harlem Renaissance
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vents hostility towards ruling class, race, or culture
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theatre of protest
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comic scenes, acts, dance, ballads portraying black culture, but performed by whites in blackface
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minstrel show
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borrows contrasting ideas from diverse cultures and joins them into a single work
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cross-cultural theatre
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the practice of using one's own culture as the standard for judging others
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ethnocentrism
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federal agency that dispurses tax dollars as grants to fund cultural programs-
"increase the public awareness of our cultural heretige |
National Endowment for the Arts
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