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Description: Further DetailsTitle: Colonialism and Slavery in PerformanceCondition: NewSubtitle: Theatre and the Eighteenth-Century French CaribbeanEAN: 9781800348042ISBN: 9781800348042Publisher: Voltaire FoundationFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 03/08/2021Description: Colonialism and Slavery in Performance brings together original archival research with recent critical perspectives to argue for the importance of theatrical culture to the understanding of the French Caribbean sugar colonies in the eighteenth century. Fifteen English-language essays from both established and emerging scholars apply insights and methodologies from performance studies and theatre history in order to propose a new understanding of Old Regime culture and identity as a trans-Atlantic continuum that includes the Antillean possessions whose slave labour provided enormous wealth to the metropole. Carefully documented studies of performances in Saint-Domingue, the most prosperous French colony, illustrate how the crucible of a brutally racialized colonial space gave rise to a new French identity by adapting many of the cherished theatrical traditions that colonists imported directly from the mainland, resulting in a Creole performance culture that reflected the strong influence of African practices brought to the islands by plantation slaves. Other essays focus on how European theatregoers reconciled the contradiction inherent in the eighteenth century’s progressive embrace of human rights, with an increasing dependence on the economic spoils of slavery, thus illustrating how the stage served as a means to negotiate new tensions within “French” identity, in the metropole as well as in the colonies. In the final section of the volume, essays explore the place of performance in representations of the Old Regime Antilles, from the Haitian literary diaspora to contemporary performing artists from Martinique and Guadeloupe, as the stage remains central to understanding history and identity in France’s former Atlantic slave colonies. Featuring contributions from Sean Anderson, Karine Bénac-Giroux, Bernard Camier, Nadia Chonville, Laurent Dubois, Logan J. Connors, Béatrice Ferrier, Kaiama L. Glover, Jeffrey M. Leichman, Laurence Marie, Pascale Pellerin, Julia Prest, Catherine Ramond, Emily Sahakian, Pierre Saint-Amand, and Fredrik Thomasson.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 234mmItem Length: 156mmContributor: Jeffrey Leichman (Edited by), Karine Bénac-Giroux (Edited by)Genre: Music Dance & TheatreTopic: HistoryBook Series: Oxford University Studies in the EnlightenmentAuthor: No AuthorRelease Year: 2021 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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Book Title: Colonialism and Slavery in Performance

Title: Colonialism and Slavery in Performance

Subtitle: Theatre and the Eighteenth-Century French Caribbean

EAN: 9781800348042

ISBN: 9781800348042

Release Date: 03/08/2021

Release Year: 2021

Country/Region of Manufacture: GB

Contributor: Karine Bénac-Giroux (Edited by)

Genre: Music Dance & Theatre

Topic: History

Number of Pages: 368 Pages

Language: English

Publication Name: Colonialism and Slavery in Performance : Theatre and the Eighteenth-Century French Caribbean

Publisher: Liverpool University Press

Item Height: 1 in

Publication Year: 2021

Subject: Slavery, Modern / 18th Century, Theater / History & Criticism

Item Weight: 12.3 Oz

Type: Textbook

Item Length: 6.1 in

Author: Karine Bénac-Giroux

Subject Area: Performing Arts, Social Science, History

Item Width: 9.1 in

Series: Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment Ser.

Format: Trade Paperback

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