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Carmen in diaspora : adaptation, race, and opera's most famous character /

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'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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wilks, Jennifer M., 1973- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Subjects:
Carmen (Fictitious character) > History.
Carmen (Personnage fictif) > Histoire.
MUSIC.
Opera.
Genres & Styles.
Literature: history & criticism.
Literature.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Carmen in Diaspora
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Carmen Is Everywhere
  • 1. Carmen in Context: Reframing Prosper Mérimée and Georges Bizet
  • 2. "Black Bohemia": Echoes of Carmen in Wallace Thurman and Claude McKay
  • 3. Postracial Stardom: Carmen and the Making of Dorothy Dandridge and Beyoncé
  • 4. "No more than the others": From the Celestial to the Communal in Karmen Geï and U-​Carmen eKhayelitsha
  • 5. "The Queen of Havana": National Liberation and Personal Freedom in Carmen la Cubana
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index