Haunted city : three centuries of racial impersonation in Philadelphia /

Haunted city : three centuries of racial impersonation in Philadelphia /

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Author / Creator:	DuComb, Christian, author.
Imprint:	Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2017]
Description:	187 pages ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Theater: theory/text/performance Theater--theory/text/performance.
Subject:	Philadelphia Mummers (Organization) -- History. Philadelphia Mummers (Organization) Theater -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History. Blackface entertainers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History. Mumming -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History. Racism and the arts -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History. Parades -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History. Blackface entertainers. Mumming. Parades. Racism and the arts. Theater. Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11320194

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ISBN:	9780472053582 0472053582 9780472073580 0472073583 9780472123018
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

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