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From plantation to paradise? : cultural politics and musical theatre in French slave colonies, 1764-1789 / / David M. Powers



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Autore: Powers David M. Visualizza persona
Titolo: From plantation to paradise? : cultural politics and musical theatre in French slave colonies, 1764-1789 / / David M. Powers Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: East Lansing, Michigan : , : Michigan State University Press, , 2014
©2014
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 p.)
Disciplina: 792.0944/09033
Soggetto topico: Theater and society - France - History - 18th century
Theater and society - West Indies, French - History - 18th century
Musical theater - West Indies, French - History - 18th century
Soggetto geografico: West Indies, French Social life and customs 18th century
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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 Voltaire
Appendix 6. DiscographyAppendix 7. Colonial Productions with Sub-Saharan African Elements; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Sommario/riassunto: 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
Titolo autorizzato: From plantation to paradise  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-62895-022-6
1-60917-410-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910822431003321
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