1.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00103497

Titolo

Chinese jade in the Chester Beatty Library / Described, and tha chinese textes translated by William Watson, the Manchu texts translated by J.L. Mish

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Dublin, : Hodges Figgis & Company, 1963

Descrizione fisica

47 p., c. di tav. ; 24 cm

Classificazione

CIN GEN C IX

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910300022103321

Autore

Cremona Vicki Ann

Titolo

Carnival and Power : Play and Politics in a Crown Colony / / by Vicki Ann Cremona

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018

ISBN

9783319706566

331970656X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIX, 304 p. 16 illus., 3 illus. in color.)

Collana

Transnational Theatre Histories, , 2946-5907

Disciplina

792.09

Soggetti

Theater - History

Performing arts

Theater

Theatre History

Theatre and Performance Arts

Global and International Theatre and Performance

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.



Nota di contenuto

1. Perceptions of Colony and Carnival -- 2. Power and its Historical Framework -- 3. Social Difference and Street Dynamics -- 4. Fancy Dress, Rank and Dignity: Power and Play in Carnival Balls -- 5. 'The sweet satires that prick where it is needed....': The Caricature of Power -- 6. Raising the Levels of Street Carnivals - Competitions and Prizes -- 7. Carnival or Carnivals? Political Wrangles Between State, Church and Party -- 8. Politics vs Religion and State - Beyond Carnival and the Carnivalesque -- 9. Carnival as a Transnational Cultural Phenomenon.

Sommario/riassunto

This book shows how Carnival under British colonial rule became a locus of resistance as well as an exercise and affirmation of power. Carnival is both a space of theatricality and a site of politics, where the playful, participatory aspects are appropriated by countervailing forces seeking to influence, control, channel or redirect power. Focusing specifically on the Maltese islands, a tiny European archipelago situated at the heart of the Mediterranean, this work links the contrast between play and power to other Carnival realities across the world. It examines the question of power and identity in relation to different social classes and environments of Carnival play, from streets to ballrooms. It looks at satire and censorship, unbridled gaiety and controlled celebration. It describes the ways Carnival was appropriated as a power channel both by the British and their Maltese subjects, and ultimately how it was manipulated in the struggle for Malta's independence.