Staging Slavery
Performances of Colonial Slavery and Race from International Perspectives, 1770-1850
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Staging Slavery
Performances of Colonial Slavery and Race from International Perspectives, 1770-1850
About This Book
This international analysis of theatrical case studies illustrates the ways that theater was an arena both of protest and, simultaneously, racist and imperialist exploitations of the colonized and enslaved body.
By bringing together performances and discussions of theater culture from various colonial powers and orbitsâranging from Denmark and France to Great Britain and Brazilâthis book explores the ways that slavery and hierarchical notions of "race" and "civilization" manifested around the world. At the same time, against the backdrop of colonial violence, the theater was a space that also facilitated reformist protest and served as evidence of the agency of Black people in revolt. Staging Slavery considers the implications of both white-penned productions of race and slavery performed by white actors in blackface makeup and Black counter-theater performances and productions that resisted racist structures, on and off the stage.
With unique geographical perspectives, this volume is a useful resource for undergraduates, graduates, and researchers in the history of theater, nationalism and imperialism, race and slavery, and literature.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Half-Title Page
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgments
- List of Contributors
- Framing the Stage: Structures of Race, Imperial Oppression, and Performances of Blackness, 1770â1850
- Part I Slavery, Revolt, and Abolitionism
- Part II Race, Nation, and Empire
- Part III Black Agency, Performance, and Counter-Theater
- Index