{"product_id":"creole-drama-juliane-braun-9780813942315","title":"Creole Drama: Theatre and Society in Antebellum New Orleans","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe stages of antebellum New Orleans did more than entertain. In the city's early years, French-speaking residents used the theatre to assert their political, economic, and cultural sovereignty in the face of growing Anglo-American dominance. Beyond local stages, the francophone struggle for cultural survival connected people and places in the early United States, across the American hemisphere, and in the Atlantic world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving from France to the Caribbean to the American continent, \u003ci\u003eCreole Drama\u003c\/i\u003e follows the people that created and sustained French theatre culture in New Orleans from its inception in 1792 until the beginning of the Civil War. Juliane Braun draws on the neglected archive of francophone drama native to Louisiana, as well as a range of documents from both sides of the Atlantic, to explore the ways in which theatre and drama shaped debates about ethnic identity and transnational belonging in the city. Francophone identity united citizens of different social and racial backgrounds, and debates about political representation, slavery, and territorial expansion often played out on stage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecognizing theatres as sites of cultural exchange that could cross oceans and borders, \u003ci\u003eCreole Drama\u003c\/i\u003e offers not only a detailed history of francophone theatre in New Orleans but also an account of the surprising ways in which multilingualism and early transnational networks helped create the American nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Juliane Braun\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813942314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813942315\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Virginia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/08\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 8.90w x 0.80d","brand":"Juliane Braun","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44059834319103,"sku":"9780813942315","price":69.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e469dc42-043a-49a8-a17e-257b6ce6d90b.jpg?v=1685060593","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/creole-drama-juliane-braun-9780813942315","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}