Peter Reed (University of Mississippi)

Broschiertes Buch

Staging Haiti in Nineteenth-Century America

Beschreibung

Peter P. Reed examines the meanings of Haiti in America's nineteenth-century popular performance. Plays, social performances, and literary narratives of Haiti's revolutionary slave revolts transformed racial revolution into popular entertainments and diversions, dramatizing themes of race, freedom, and power in ways that remain impactful today.

Autor

Peter P. Reed is Associate Professor of Early American Literature at the University of Mississippi. He is the author of Rogue Performances (2009) as well as essays on Black Atlantic performance, theatre culture, and Haiti's impact on American culture.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Studies in Modern Theatre
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 227
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 334g
• ISBN-13: 9781009113182
• ISBN-10: 1009113186
• Artikelnr.: 74532078