Creole drama : theatre and society in antebellum New Orleans /

Braun, Juliane,

Creole drama : theatre and society in antebellum New Orleans / Juliane Braun. - Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, (c)2019. - 1 online resource. - Writing the early Americas .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; A Note on Texts and Translations; Introduction; Chapter 1. Circum-Atlantic Theatrical Relations: The Emergence of the Francophone Stage in a Spanish City; Chapter 2. Local Struggles Past and Present: Creoles, Americans, and the Battle for Cultural Sovereignty; Chapter 3. New Orleans's Free Black Theatres: The Performance of Hemispheric Community; Chapter 4. Negotiating Creole Identity: Citizenship, Belonging, and the American Nation; Chapter 5. Transatlantic Vistas: Changing Alliances at Home and Abroad ConclusionNotes; Works Cited; Index

"This book shows how New Orleans's francophone population used the theatre to maintain their political, economic, and cultural sovereignty in the face of growing Anglo-American dominance"--



9780813942315 9780813942322


Caribbean drama (French Creole)--History and criticism.
Theater--History--Louisiana--New Orleans--19th century.
Theater and society--Louisiana--New Orleans.


Electronic Books.

PQ3943 / .C746 2019