TY  - BOOK
AU  - Braun,Juliane
TI  - Creole drama: theatre and society in antebellum New Orleans 
T2  - Writing the early Americas
SN  - 9780813942315
AV  - PQ3943 .C746 2019
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Charlottesville
PB  - University of Virginia Press
KW  - Caribbean drama (French Creole)
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Theater
KW  - Louisiana
KW  - New Orleans
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Theater and society
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 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; 2; b
N2  - "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"--
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