Carnival and Power

Play and Politics in a Crown Colony

AvVicki Ann Cremona

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

Del i serien Transnational Theatre Histories

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This book shows how Carnival under British colonial rule became a locus of resistance as well as an exercise and affirmation of power. Focusing specifically on the Maltese islands, a tiny European archipelago situated at the heart of the Mediterranean, this work links the contrast between play and power to other Carnival realities across the world.

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Utgivningsdatum:2019-06-06
Mått:148 x 210 x 18 mm
Vikt:421 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Transnational Theatre Histories
Antal sidor:304
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783319889757

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Vicki Ann Cremona is Chair of the School of Performing Arts at the University of Malta and lectures in the Theatre Studies Department. She was appointed as Ambassador of Malta to France between 2005-2009, and to Tunisia between 2009-2013. She has published internationally, mainly about Carnival and public performance, Maltese theatre, and Commedia dell’Arte.

Innehållsförteckning

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.