Carmen in diaspora : adaptation, race, and opera's most famous character /
'Carmen in Diaspora' is a cultural history of Carmen adaptations set in African diasporic contexts. It explores the phenomenon of the connection between the story of Carmen, which originally appeared in Prosper Mérimée's eponymous 1845 novella and came to prominence through Georges Bi...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2024].
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| Summary: | 'Carmen in Diaspora' is a cultural history of Carmen adaptations set in African diasporic contexts. It explores the phenomenon of the connection between the story of Carmen, which originally appeared in Prosper Mérimée's eponymous 1845 novella and came to prominence through Georges Bizet's 1875 opera, with prolific popular recreations in African diasporic settings. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 262 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780197566145 0197566146 |