{"product_id":"haunted-city-9780472053582","title":"Haunted City","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExplores the history of racial impersonation in Philadelphia from the late eighteenth century to the present day. The book focuses on select historical moments, such as the advent of the minstrel show and the ban on blackface makeup in the Philadelphia Mummers Parade, when local performances of racial impersonation inflected regional, national, transnational, and global formations of race.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA persuasive blend of theory and archival research, combined with the author’s own ethnographic investigations . . . Haunted City illuminates the history of the community's engagement with racial performance in a way that no other works have done on this same comprehensive scale.\"\" - Heather Nathans, Tufts University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"DuComb draws not only on scholarly and primary materials, but also on his own experiences as a member of a Mummers club . . . Haunted City is a fresh and well-executed look at the American tradition of racial impersonation, grounded in thorough, original discovery research.\"\" - Susan G. Davis, University of Illinois","brand":"The University of Michigan Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037095133527,"sku":"9780472053582","price":26.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780472053582.jpg?v=1750934387","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/haunted-city-9780472053582","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}