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GUEST,Guest	blacked up morris dancers abused in uk (323* d)	RE: blacked up morris dancers abused in uk	17 Jan 17
If you want to do your own research start with the following (generally easier to make sense of than the confusing and inaccurate Wikipedia page): Gordon Ashman, 1988. Custom in conflict : the morris dance in the Shrewsbury and Ironbridge area of Shropshire. Traditional Dance, 5/6, p. 135-151. Teresa Buckland, 1990. Black faces, garlands, and coconuts: exotic dances on street and stage. Dance Research Journal, 22(2), Autumn 1990, p. 1-12. Roy Palmer, 2004. The folklore of Shropshire. Almeley : Logaston Press, p. 263-269. Roy Dommett, 2012. Blacking up and "Border" morris. Morris Matters, 31(1), p. 15-16. Derek Schofield, 2005. A black and white issue? English Dance & Song, Summer 2005, p. 12-14. Chloe Metcalfe, 2013. To black up or not black up? Morris Federation Newsletter, Winter, p. 6-9. Charlotte Burne, 1886. Shropshire folk-lore, vol. 3. London : Trübner & Co. E. C. Cawte, 1963. The morris dance in Herefordshire, Shropshire and Worcestershire. Journal of the EFDSS, 9(4), p. 197-212. Dave Jones, 1995. The roots of Welsh border morris. Putley : Annie Jones, 75 p.

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