Carmen in diaspora : adaptation, race, and opera's most famous character / Jennifer M. Wilks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilks, Jennifer M., 1973- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Carmen (Fictitious character)--History.

Carmen (Fictitious character).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]

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.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on August 27, 2024).

ISBN:

9780197566176

0197566170

9780197566152

0197566154

OCLC:

1453299787