Old Black Joe
E563147
"Old Black Joe" is a 19th-century American song by Stephen Foster, known as a sentimental plantation melody that reflects the era’s minstrel traditions and racial stereotypes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Old Black Joe canonical | 1 |
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American popular music
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antebellum American South ⓘ minstrel traditions ⓘ |
| centuryOfOrigin | 19th century ⓘ |
| composer | Stephen Foster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| describedAs | sentimental plantation melody ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
minstrel music
ⓘ
parlor song ⓘ plantation song ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext |
American minstrel tradition
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plantation nostalgia genre ⓘ |
| hasModernCriticism |
critiqued for racist stereotypes
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viewed as part of problematic minstrel repertoire ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| hasReception | considered sentimental by contemporary audiences ⓘ |
| hasSubject | an elderly enslaved Black man ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
aging
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nostalgia ⓘ slavery-era plantation life ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Stephen Foster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lyricsBy | Stephen Foster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Stephen Foster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1860 ⓘ |
| reflects |
19th-century American racial attitudes
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racial stereotypes ⓘ |
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