A lawn jockey is a small statue of a man in a jockey outfit, intended to be placed in the front yard as a hanging pole, just like those of a lantern carrying lanterns near the entrance and gnome in the garden.
The grass ornament, which was popular in certain parts of the United States in previous years, was a cast replica, usually about half the scale or smaller, usually from a man wearing a jockey suit and raising one hand as if taking the horse's control. Hands sometimes carry metal rings (suitable for horseback riding in solid concrete cases or iron versions) and in some cases lanterns, which may or may not be operational.
Originally a symbol welcoming guests and giving those on horseback with practical and new posts, the sculptures eventually became only decorative and unsuitable for horseback riding, often favored by those who wanted to evoke the Old South or rode.
Historically, black jockeys are commonplace. Some styles have been produced, with the most productive being the shorter version commonly known as "bock jocko " and a higher version known as " arrogant trap ". The first is a build stockier, with a bent posture; the latter are generally more streamlined. Usually these statues are made of concrete, but also made of other materials such as iron, and can be found in poly and aluminum resins. Although often categorized as kitsch or controversial, jockey grass is still in demand. Both styles are still produced and sold.
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Characteristics
Jocko
The earlier "jocko" designs typically depict the right arm are lifted, and styled as young black boys, often with redundant features, such as large eyes with painted white; large lips painted red; big and flat nose and curly hair. Typically, these pieces are painted in striking colors for the uniform as in the colors of racing, with a gloss black sculpture. In the twentieth century, these statues have been considered racist and many of the remaining samples have now been repainted using pink paint for the skin while the original features of the exemplary statue remain.
Cavalier Spirit
The design of the "spirit of arrogance" usually describes the raised left arm, and uses a little similarity of a young man, with features not described. These statues will also be painted in striking colors, with fine leather in black or pastel red, red lips, etc., White pants, black boots, and usually with bright red or dark green vests and hats. Sometimes, the vest and hat may be painted with bright shades of racing jockey silk. Some of the "haughty" jinn statues are prominently displayed at the 21 Club entrance in Manhattan and the entrance of the Santa Anita Park clubhouse in Los Angeles.
A 1947 magazine ad used two images of cavalier-style grass jockeys to underline the use of sculptures as a symbol of hospitality and hospitality associated with the Old Taylor Kentucky Bourbon, stating: "Jockey putting up a pole that invites guests to stay is an old Kentucky tradition - another sign of the master good home. "
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Underground Railroad communication tool
Charles L. Blockson, Emeritus Curator of the Afro-American Collection at Temple University in Philadelphia and author of the Hippocrene Guide to the Underground Railroad, claimed that the numbers were used during the Underground Railroad to guide escape from slaves to freedom: "Green ribbons tied to arm of a statue to show salvation, red tape meant to keep going... People who do not know the history of jockeys have feelings of humiliation and anger when they see the statue..."
Blockson installed a sculpture example at the entrance to the Sullivan Temple University Hall.
Patterns and marks on the clothes of the statues are also said to have indicated messages understood by escaped slaves. Blockson's claim to the use of contemporary colors in signaling is evidenced by the acts of Congress 1848 which resulted in the standardization of red and green colors for buoys of channel markers.
Legend of Revolutionary War
An apocryphal and unproven assertion about the origin of the character portrays the statue as a hero of African American history and culture. According to River Road, the African American Museum, the character comes from a warning of heroic dedication to the task: "It is said that 'lawn jockey' is rooted in the story of one of Jocko Graves, an African American young man serving with General George. Delaware for a surprise attack on Hessian forces in Trenton, NJ The general thinks he is too young to carry out such a dangerous attack, so leave him on the side of Pennsylvania to take care of the horses and to turn on the lights at the bank to return, so the story, the boy, faithful to his post and his orders, freezing to death by the river at night, lanterns still in his hands, much moved by the devotion of the boy to his duty that he has a statue carved and thrown at him, holding a lantern, and installing it on the Mount Vernon estate He called the statue The Faithful Groomsman. "
The most frequently cited sources for the story are Kenneth W. Goings in Mammy and Uncle Mose (Indiana University Press, 1994), although he considers them apocryphal. The story is also told in the 32-page children's book by Earl Kroger Sr., Jocko: A Legend of the American Revolution (1963). There is also a 13-page manuscript entitled "A Horse for the General: The Story of Jocko Graves" (1972), by Thomas William Halligan, in the archives of the Alaska University Anchorage/Alaska Pacific University Consortium Library.
The legend of the Revolutionary War is not corroborated by historical records. The Mount Vernon librarian, Ellen McCallister Clark wrote in a letter to Enoch Pratt Library in Baltimore: "There is no record of anyone by the name of Jocko Graves, or reports of someone frozen to death holding a Washington horse, there in an extensive historical record at the time.. "
In popular culture
- Black grass jockey plays a symbolic role (as well as giving the title of the story, in the southern vernacular protagonist) in the short story of Flannery O'Connor "The Artificial Nigger."
- A jockey of grass comes to life in the climax chapters of Stephen King's novel Duma Key .
- Le Neg ', a 2002 movie by Robert Morin's Qué © © coil director Robert Morin, about a black teenager who hates a grass jockey as a racist and destroys one, resulting in his murder.
- 33 grass jock donated for a long time by rich customers adorned the balcony above the 21 Club entrance in Manhattan. They are painted to resemble a famous jockey.
- A grass jockey comment on racism against blacks in America in DC comics Vertigo Uncle Sam.
- In the song "Uncle Remus" by Frank Zappa and George Duke from the Apostrophe (') album , Zappa sings the jockey beats from the rich man's lawn in Beverly Hills.
- In the episode of All in the Family, Archie Bunker is given a black grass jockey as a gift. Meathead (Rob Reiner) warns Archie not to turn it off. Archie saw George Jefferson, his black neighbor, and said, "I'm thinking about this" and Jefferson replied, "Thank you for reminding me, Archie, tonight tonight."
- In the West Wing , Season 2, Episode 5 "And It Must Be For Their Credit," near 39m50, President Bartlett described the Statue of Liberty as "like a lawn jockey."
- The first edition jacket of the 2015 Book Book 2015 Gift Winner The Sellout by Paul Beatty, a satirical novel about the race, features a pattern of lawn jockeys.
- Grass jockey and grass jockey pictures appear in some episodes of Dear Obligies . The head of the campus humor magazine tries to declare that they are not sensitive racially because he reads on Wikipedia that they are used to help escape from slaves.
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See also
- Blackamoor
- Aboriginal Concrete
- Gnome park
- Representation of African-Americans in the media
- African American Stereotypes
References
External links
- Subway Signal
- An antique collection page on the history of lawn jockey
- The article unravels the grass jockey story
- A newspaper article about a children's book author who writes about the origin of a grass jockey
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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