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- Title
Variety Shows, Minstrelsy, and Social Aesthetics during the Virginia Encampment of 1863-64.
- Authors
DAVIS, JAMES A.
- Abstract
The article discusses the performance of variety shows, blackface minstrelsy, and social aesthetics during the encampment of Confederate troops in Virginia, particularly in Orange County, Virginia, and Culpeper County, Virginia, during the winter of 1863 and 1864. It examines the impact of music and theatrical shows on the morale and identity of soldiers, the creation of military communities adjacent to preexisting towns, and war-related material and social commentary in the shows.
- Subjects
SOUTHERN States; REVUES; MILITARY personnel; MINSTREL shows; 19TH century aesthetics; PSYCHOLOGY of military personnel; SOCIAL commentary; VIRGINIA state history; AMERICAN Civil War, 1861-1865; NINETEENTH century
- Publication
Virginia Magazine of History & Biography, 2014, Vol 122, Issue 2, p128
- ISSN
0042-6636
- Publication type
Article