Black and white and re(a)d all over again: Indigenous minstrelsy in contemporary Canadian and Australian theatre

Theatre Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 679-698

  Gilbert, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 70450081408     PISSN: 01922882     EISSN: 1086332X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/tj.2003.0164     Document Type: Article

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