From plantation to paradise?
Subtitle: cultural politics and musical theatre in French slave colonies, 1764-1789
By: David M. Powers
Publisher: Michigan State University Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781611861204; 9781611861235
Subjects: Theater and society; History; Musical theater; Social life and customs
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-251), discography (pages 161-163), and index.
Table of contents: title: Establishment of colonial hierarchy; title: Politics and power; title: Colonial society at the theatre; title: Introducing the stars; title: Breaking through the barrier; title: The escape from reality continues; title: Finale : the beginning of the end; title: Epilogue; title: Appendix 1. Glossary; title: Appendix 2. "La Fauvette" (The Warbler); title: Appendix 3. Moreau : effects of miscegenation; title: Appendix 4. Descriptions of colonial theatres; title: Appendix 5. Premieres of plays by Molière and Voltaire; title: Appendix 6. Discography; title: Appendix 7. Colonial productions with Sub-Saharan African elements.