Minstrel show

Japanese: ミンストレル･ショー（英語表記）minstrel show

An American performing art that emerged in the 1820s. It consisted of songs, dances, and skits that stereotyped the lives of black slaves and were performed by white people with painted black faces (a technique known as blackface), but later blacks themselves began to perform them. Famous troupes included the Virginia Minstrels and the Christy Minstrels, and they also performed on showboats. The most important early performer was Thomas Dartmouth Rice (1808-60), whose name Jim Crow, which he gave to his songs and dances, became the name of an important character in minstrel shows and also became established as a derogatory term for black people in general.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1820年代に成立したアメリカの芸能。黒人奴隷の生活を類型的に描いた歌，踊り，寸劇などからなり，顔を黒く塗った白人によって演じられたが(この手法をブラックフェースと呼ぶ)，後には黒人自身も演じるようになった。バージニア･ミンストレルズ，クリスティ･ミンストレルズなどの一座が有名で，ショーボートなどでも演じた。初期の最も重要な芸人はライスThomas Dartmouth Rice(1808‐60)で，彼が自分の歌と踊りにつけたジム･クローという名は，ミンストレル･ショーの重要な登場人物の名となり，さらに黒人一般を指す差別的な言葉として定着した。

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