Strolling Players of Empire Theater and Performances of Power in the British Imperial Provinces, 1656–1833
Book contents
- Strolling Players of Empire
- Critical Perspectives on Empire
- Strolling Players of Empire
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Prologue
- Introduction
- Part I Playing
- 1 Peripheralizing the Spheres
- 2 Rowe’s Fair Penitent As Global History
- 3 The Lure of the Other
- Part II Theaters of Empire
- Part III East India Company Peripheries and the History of Modernity
- Book part
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
2 - Rowe’s Fair Penitent As Global History
Colonial Family Strategies and the Imperatives of Nation
from Part I - Playing
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 November 2022
Book contents
- Strolling Players of Empire
- Critical Perspectives on Empire
- Strolling Players of Empire
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Prologue
- Introduction
- Part I Playing
- 1 Peripheralizing the Spheres
- 2 Rowe’s Fair Penitent As Global History
- 3 The Lure of the Other
- Part II Theaters of Empire
- Part III East India Company Peripheries and the History of Modernity
- Book part
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
Summary
This chapter outlines how the travels of Rowe’s Fair Penitent across Kingston, Calcutta and Sydney accumulated meanings related to the theatricality of state and colonial power, the counter-theater of the subaltern, whether women, Indigenous, enslaved or incarcerated, and the need for limits on patriarchal privilege if national reproduction were to be successful in alien settings and on other people’s lands.
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- Strolling Players of EmpireTheater and Performances of Power in the British Imperial Provinces, 1656–1833, pp. 97 - 155Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022