左: 原著者 Helen Bannerman の描いた主人公サンボ(径書房, 8.5cm x 13cm の小さな本).このインドの子なら虎に出遭ってもおかしくない.
右: 岩波書店版の裏表紙から.Blackface (くろんぼ顔) の舞台化粧そのままの黒人少年に置き換えられている.このアメリカ化・現地化の最も進んだ絵は Frank Dobias.これでは絶版に至ったのもやむえをないだろう.
Blackface
Blackface is a form of theatrical makeup used in minstrel shows, and later vaudeville, in which performers create a stereotyped caricature of a black person. (...) In 1848, blackface minstrel shows were an American national art of the time, translating formal art such as opera into popular terms for a general audience. Early in the 20th century, blackface branched off from the minstrel show and became a form in its own right, until it ended in the United States with the U.S. Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. (Wikipedia)
The Only Authorized American Edition
http://archive.org/stream/storyoflittleblabanner#page/n5/mode/2up
インドネシア語版のデータが Wikipedia bahasa Indonesia で見る表紙だけというのは残念である.[Sg]
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