Racism and early blackface comic traditions: from the old world to the new

From ancient masks of grinning Africans and phallus-bearing Roman fools, through to comedic medieval devils and the pan-European representations of black-masked Titivillus and Harlequin, racial impersonation has existed in numerous forms for hundreds of years.

This book demonstrates how old world beliefs still animate supposed 'biological racism' and so-called 'white nationalism' in the age of Trump.