03351nam 2200637 450 991078937350332120230126211839.01-62895-022-61-60917-410-0(CKB)3710000000094539(EBL)1810039(SSID)ssj0001136033(PQKBManifestationID)11604187(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001136033(PQKBWorkID)11102442(PQKB)10702164(MiAaPQ)EBC3338354(OCoLC)878143838(MdBmJHUP)muse35211(MiAaPQ)EBC1810039(Au-PeEL)EBL3338354(CaPaEBR)ebr10850996(Au-PeEL)EBL1810039(EXLCZ)99371000000009453920140402h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFrom plantation to paradise? cultural politics and musical theatre in French slave colonies, 1764-1789 /David M. PowersEast Lansing, Michigan :Michigan State University Press,2014.©20141 online resource (273 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-61186-120-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. Establishment of Colonial Hierarchy; Chapter 2. Politics and Power; Chapter 3. Colonial Society at the Theatre; Chapter 4. Introducing the Stars; Chapter 5. Breaking through the Barrier; Chapter 6. The Escape from Reality Continues; Chapter 7. Finale: The Beginning of the End; Epilogue; Appendix 1. Glossary; Appendix 2. "La Fauvette" (The Warbler); Appendix 3. Moreau: Effects of Miscegenation; Appendix 4. Descriptions of Colonial Theatres; Appendix 5. Premieres of Plays by Molière and VoltaireAppendix 6. DiscographyAppendix 7. Colonial Productions with Sub-Saharan African Elements; Notes; Bibliography; Index In 1764 the first printing press was established in the French Caribbean colonies, launching the official documentation of operas and plays performed there, and marking the inauguration of the first theatre in the colonies. A rigorous study of pre-French Revolution performance practices in Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Saint-Domingue (now Haiti), Powers's book examines the elaborate system of social casting in these colonies; the environments in which nonwhite artists emerged; and both negative and positive contributions of the Catholic Church and the military to operas and concerts produced inTheater and societyFranceHistory18th centuryTheater and societyWest Indies, FrenchHistory18th centuryMusical theaterWest Indies, FrenchHistory18th centuryWest Indies, FrenchSocial life and customs18th centuryTheater and societyHistoryTheater and societyHistoryMusical theaterHistory792.0944/09033Powers David M.30383MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789373503321From plantation to paradise3821568UNINA