Carnival and Power Play and Politics in a Crown Colony /

This book shows how Carnival under British colonial rule became a locus of resistance as well as an exercise and affirmation of power. Carnival is both a space of theatricality and a site of politics, where the playful, participatory aspects are appropriated by countervailing forces seeking to influ...

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Hlavní autor: Cremona, Vicki Ann (Autor)
Médium: Elektronický zdroj E-kniha
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Vydání:1st ed. 2018.
Edice:Transnational Theatre Histories
Témata:
Theater-History.
Performing arts.
Theater.
ISBN:9783319706566
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Obsah:
  • 1. Perceptions of Colony and Carnival
  • 2. Power and its Historical Framework
  • 3. Social Difference and Street Dynamics
  • 4. Fancy Dress, Rank and Dignity: Power and Play in Carnival Balls
  • 5. 'The sweet satires that prick where it is needed....': The Caricature of Power
  • 6. Raising the Levels of Street Carnivals - Competitions and Prizes
  • 7. Carnival or Carnivals? Political Wrangles Between State, Church and Party
  • 8. Politics vs Religion and State - Beyond Carnival and the Carnivalesque
  • 9. Carnival as a Transnational Cultural Phenomenon.

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