Hazel Waters
Biographic Data
| ID | 77863 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hazel Waters |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hazel |
| FAMILY NAME | Waters |
| SIGNATURE | WATERS H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Race & Class |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
From the 1970s to the 1790s and the importance of metanarratives
This address to a conference on 'the exotic' in nineteenth-century drama examines the cultural impact of slavery, and the resistances to it, on the English cultural imagination. From her perspective as both a researcher and a long-standing member of the Institute of Race Relations' staff, the author explores the persistence of such an impact, and relates it both to the present day, and a key period of attempted cultural/political transformation, …
The Price of Experience
Harriet Beecher Stowe's other novel - Dred on the London stage
Harriet Beecher Stowe's two major anti-slavery novels, Uncle Tom's Cabin and Dred: a tale of the great dismal swamp, were both adapted, with varying degrees of success, for the English stage. The former was a major and fairly long-lasting 'hit'; the latter, while briefly popular, was by no means as long-lived a success. And, while Uncle Tom is still familiar to, if not widely read by, the novel-reading public, Dred is virtually unknown, except to…
Jacks and diamonds - some aspects of race on the London Victorian stage
Embedded within the popular drama of the nineteenth century are not only concepts and attitudes towards `race' that still have influence today, but also a skewed take on genuine historical episodes and movements, including the development of colonialism. Focusing on one little known popular melodrama and locating it in the history of its time reveals a network of connections that span the British abolition of the slave trade, the importance of Br…
Ira Aldridge and the Battlefield of Race
La carriere theâtrale de Ira Aldridge, acteur d'origine afro-americaine, dans l'Angleterre du 19 eme siecle fut marquee non seulement par l'agitation autour de l'esclavage et de son abolition, mais egalement par le racisme qui impregnait profondement la societe britannique de l'epoque. Cela apparait notamment dans les types de roles qu'il a joue et qui constituaient son repertoire de base. Le racisme auquel il a du faire face peut se voir egaleme…
Putting on 'Uncle Tom' on the Victorian Stage
An African's revenge
L'A. examine la situation des personnages de couleur dans le theâtre britannique au debut du 19 e siecle. Il porte plus particulierement son attention sur la piece d'Aphra Behn : «Oroonoko» creee en 1695. Elle oppose un jeune prince d'une grande noblesse et d'une grande beaute originaire d'Afrique occidentale, vendu comme esclave par jalousie et conduit a Surinam et de cruels esclavagistes blancs. Cette piece fut reprise a Londres en 1825 permett…
The Great Famine and the rise of anti-Irish racism
France
Plantation politics
The Great Famine and the rise of anti-Irish racism
France
Putting on 'Uncle Tom' on the Victorian Stage
An African's revenge
L'A. examine la situation des personnages de couleur dans le theâtre britannique au debut du 19 e siecle. Il porte plus particulierement son attention sur la piece d'Aphra Behn : «Oroonoko» creee en 1695. Elle oppose un jeune prince d'une grande noblesse et d'une grande beaute originaire d'Afrique occidentale, vendu comme esclave par jalousie et conduit a Surinam et de cruels esclavagistes blancs. Cette piece fut reprise a Londres en 1825 permett…
Plantation politics
Plantation politics
France
The Great Famine and the rise of anti-Irish racism
An African's revenge
L'A. examine la situation des personnages de couleur dans le theâtre britannique au debut du 19 e siecle. Il porte plus particulierement son attention sur la piece d'Aphra Behn : «Oroonoko» creee en 1695. Elle oppose un jeune prince d'une grande noblesse et d'une grande beaute originaire d'Afrique occidentale, vendu comme esclave par jalousie et conduit a Surinam et de cruels esclavagistes blancs. Cette piece fut reprise a Londres en 1825 permett…
Putting on 'Uncle Tom' on the Victorian Stage
Ira Aldridge and the Battlefield of Race
La carriere theâtrale de Ira Aldridge, acteur d'origine afro-americaine, dans l'Angleterre du 19 eme siecle fut marquee non seulement par l'agitation autour de l'esclavage et de son abolition, mais egalement par le racisme qui impregnait profondement la societe britannique de l'epoque. Cela apparait notamment dans les types de roles qu'il a joue et qui constituaient son repertoire de base. Le racisme auquel il a du faire face peut se voir egaleme…
Jacks and diamonds - some aspects of race on the London Victorian stage
Embedded within the popular drama of the nineteenth century are not only concepts and attitudes towards `race' that still have influence today, but also a skewed take on genuine historical episodes and movements, including the development of colonialism. Focusing on one little known popular melodrama and locating it in the history of its time reveals a network of connections that span the British abolition of the slave trade, the importance of Br…
Harriet Beecher Stowe's other novel - Dred on the London stage
Harriet Beecher Stowe's two major anti-slavery novels, Uncle Tom's Cabin and Dred: a tale of the great dismal swamp, were both adapted, with varying degrees of success, for the English stage. The former was a major and fairly long-lasting 'hit'; the latter, while briefly popular, was by no means as long-lived a success. And, while Uncle Tom is still familiar to, if not widely read by, the novel-reading public, Dred is virtually unknown, except to…
The Price of Experience
From the 1970s to the 1790s and the importance of metanarratives
This address to a conference on 'the exotic' in nineteenth-century drama examines the cultural impact of slavery, and the resistances to it, on the English cultural imagination. From her perspective as both a researcher and a long-standing member of the Institute of Race Relations' staff, the author explores the persistence of such an impact, and relates it both to the present day, and a key period of attempted cultural/political transformation, …
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