Carnival and Power : Play and Politics in a Crown Colony
Cremona, Vicki Ann
2018
GT4180 .C746 2018
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Title Carnival and Power : Play and Politics in a Crown Colony
Author Cremona, Vicki Ann
ISBN 9783319706566
331970656X
3319706551
9783319706559
3319706551
9783319706559
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70656-6
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018
Language English
Description 1 online resource (XIX, 304 pages 16 illustrations, 3 illustrations in color.) online resource
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-319-70656-6 doi
9783319706559
Call Number GT4180 .C746 2018
Dewey Decimal Classification 792.09
Summary 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 influence, control, channel or redirect 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. It examines the question of power and identity in relation to different social classes and environments of Carnival play, from streets to ballrooms. It looks at satire and censorship, unbridled gaiety and controlled celebration. It describes the ways Carnival was appropriated as a power channel both by the British and their Maltese subjects, and ultimately how it was manipulated in the struggle for Malta's independence
Note 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 influence, control, channel or redirect 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. It examines the question of power and identity in relation to different social classes and environments of Carnival play, from streets to ballrooms. It looks at satire and censorship, unbridled gaiety and controlled celebration. It describes the ways Carnival was appropriated as a power channel both by the British and their Maltese subjects, and ultimately how it was manipulated in the struggle for Malta's independence
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-294) and index.
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Series Transnational theatre histories.
Available in Other Form Carnival and Power.
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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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