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Subject(s)

• Theater—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—History [Browse]
• Blackface entertainers—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—History [Browse]
• Mumming—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—History [Browse]
• Racism and the arts—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—History [Browse]
• Parades—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—History [Browse]
• Philadelphia Mummers (Organization)—History [Browse]

Series

• Theater--text/theory/performance [More in this series]
• Theater: theory/text/performance

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-178) and index.

Contents

• Contents
• One. Haunted City
• Two. Orientalism, Blackness, and Femininity in the Meschianza and Slaves in Algiers
• Three. Life in Philadelphia: Racial Caricature in Graphic Art and Performance
• Four. Parade Time: Colonel Pluck, Bobalition, and Minstrel Remains
• Five. The Minstrel Wench and the Mummers Wench: A Performance Genealogy
• Conclusion: Carnival, the Public Sphere, and Performance in Place
• Notes

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ISBN

• 9780472123018 ((electronic bk.))
• 0472123017 ((electronic bk.))

LCCN

2017011935

OCLC

994517521

Other standard number

• 10.3998/mpub.7380855

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