Haunted City

Explores 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.

Exploreaza istoria uzurparii rasiale in Philadelphia de la sfarsitul secolului al XVIII-lea pana in prezent. Cartea se concentreaza pe momente istorice selectate, cum ar fi aparitia spectacolului menestrel si interzicerea machiajului fetei negre in Philadelphia Mummers Parade, cand spectacolele locale de suplinire rasiala au influentat formatiuni de rasa regionale, nationale, transnationale si globale.