Christian DuComb
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TheaterChristian DuComb is associate professor of Theater at 藏精阁, where he teaches theater history, dramatic literature, and performance studies. He has previously taught at Haverford College and Brown University, where he received his Ph.D. in Theater and Performance Studies in 2012. His first book, Haunted City: Three Centuries of Racial Impersonation in Philadelphia (Michigan, 2017), traces the deep roots of Philadelphia鈥檚 annual Mummers Parade through the city鈥檚 history of blackface minstrelsy and other forms of racial impersonation. His essays and reviews on a variety of topics have appeared in Theater magazine, Modern Drama, Performance Research, Theatre Journal, TDR: The Drama Review, and the Washington Post, as well as several edited collections.