Click "free sample" to read the whole book no need to purchase. Trotter's work is highly reflective of the society in which it was written. In his discussion of, for example, Elizabeth Greenfield, Trotter is unable to examine problematic coverage of the singer lest he alienate a white audience that would not recognize the negative effects of stereotyping black musicians. For instance, he quotes with some approval reviews of Greenfield describing her talent as "untaught" and "innate", subordinating Greenfield to white, civilized, educated musicians. Historian Lawrence Schenbeck describes how Trotter's work shows examples of the Culture of Dissemblance, that is, the rejection of a stereotype by becoming the exact opposite of that stereotype. As an example, Trotter's description of Greenfield emphasized childlike moral perfection