LEADER 03385nam 2200649 450 001 9910464380503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-62895-022-6 010 $a1-60917-410-0 035 $a(CKB)3710000000094539 035 $a(EBL)1810039 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001136033 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11604187 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001136033 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11102442 035 $a(PQKB)10702164 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3338354 035 $a(OCoLC)878143838 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse35211 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1810039 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3338354 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10850996 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1810039 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000094539 100 $a20140402h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFrom plantation to paradise? $ecultural politics and musical theatre in French slave colonies, 1764-1789 /$fDavid M. Powers 210 1$aEast Lansing, Michigan :$cMichigan State University Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (273 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-61186-120-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 Molie?re and Voltaire 327 $aAppendix 6. DiscographyAppendix 7. Colonial Productions with Sub-Saharan African Elements; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $a 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 in 606 $aTheater and society$zFrance$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aTheater and society$zWest Indies, French$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aMusical theater$zWest Indies, French$xHistory$y18th century 607 $aWest Indies, French$xSocial life and customs$y18th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aTheater and society$xHistory 615 0$aTheater and society$xHistory 615 0$aMusical theater$xHistory 676 $a792.0944/09033 700 $aPowers$b David M.$030383 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464380503321 996 $aFrom plantation to paradise$92465271 997 $aUNINA