Repertoires of Slavery: Dutch Theater Between Abolitionism and Colonial Subjection, 1770-1810

by Sarah J. Adams

Through the lens of a hitherto unstudied repertoire of Dutch abolitionist theatre productions, Repertoires of Slavery prises open the conflicting ideological functions of antislavery discourse within and outside the walls of the theatre and examines the ways in which abolitionist protesters wielded the strife-ridden question of slavery to negotiate the meanings of human rights, subjecthood, and subjection. The book explores how dramatic visions of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9463726861
• ISBN13: 9789463726863
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
• Length: 258 Pages