In New World Drama; Elizabeth Maddock Dillon turns to the riotous scene of theatre in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world to explore the creation of new publics. Moving from England to the Caribbean to the early United States; she traces the theatrical emergence of a collective body in the colonized New Worldmdash;one that included indigenous peoples; diasporic Africans; and diasporic Europeans. In the raucous space of the theatre; the contradictions of colonialism loomed large. Foremost among these was the central paradox of modernity: the coexistence of a massive slave economy and a nascent politics of freedom. Audiences in London eagerly watched the royal slave; Oroonoko; tortured on stage; while audiences in Charleston and Kingston were forbidden from watching the same scene. Audiences in Kingston and New York City exuberantly participated in the slaying of Richard III on stage; enacting the rise of the "people;" and Native American leaders were enjoined to watch actors in blackface "jump Jim Crow." Dillon argues that the theater served as a "performative commons;" staging debates over representation in a political world based on popular sovereignty. Her book is a capacious account of performance; aesthetics; and modernity in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Good arrangementsBy Kathy ParsonsI am a piano teacher and have loved Tom Roeds advanced piano arrangements for many years for both myself and my more advanced students. Some of the titles in this book are the same as in some of Roeds other Christmas songbooks; but the arrangements are not the same. Some of these are quite a bit shorter and somewhat easier. I was looking forward to some new arrangements; but am a little disappointed in these. Ill use them with students; but will go back to Roeds earlier collections for my own enjoyment.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. This isnt a "sit your family around the piano and enjoy festive songs once a year" type of bookBy mbrownvery strange arrangements. This person likes the low range of the piano a little too much. Harder to play than I expected. Doable but takes some concentration. This isnt a "sit your family around the piano and enjoy festive songs once a year" type of book. You have to prepare.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Great arrangementsBy S. HallI really enjoy the arrangements in this collection. This is a fairly challenging book for the mid-level pianist (like me) but very enjoyable. Song after song; they are all great arrangements.
