• Introduction to Creole Drama: Theatre and Society in Antebellum New Orleans

    Author(s):
    Juliane Braun (see profile)
    Date:
    2019
    Group(s):
    Global & Transnational Studies, GS Drama and Performance, LLC 19th-Century American, LLC Early American
    Subject(s):
    Theater and society, Louisiana
    Item Type:
    Book chapter
    Tag(s):
    Transnational Americas, Multiethnic literature, French Creole
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/9fbt-4148
    Abstract:
    Moving from France to the Caribbean to the American continent, Creole Drama follows the people that created, shaped, and sustained French theatre culture in New Orleans from its inception in 1792 until the beginning of the Civil War. In doing so, it draws upon the neglected archive of francophone drama native to Louisiana, as well as a range of documents from both sides of the Atlantic, teasing out how the members of Louisiana’s French-speaking community intervened in current debates about political representation, slavery, US expansion, and the place of ethnic and racial minorities in the early Americas. Creole Drama offers not only a detailed history of francophone theatre in New Orleans, but also an account of the surprising ways in which multilingualism and early transnational networks helped create the American nation.
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    Pub. DOI:
    DOI: 10.2307/j.ctvd1c7nm.6
    Publisher:
    University of Virginia Press
    Pub. Date:
    2019-5-8
    Book Title:
    Creole Drama: Theatre and Society in Antebellum New Orleans
    Author/Editor:
    Juliane Braun
    Page Range:
    1 - 10
    ISBN:
    9780813942322
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    4 years ago
    License:
    All Rights Reserved

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