Charles Forsdick is James Barrow Professor of French at the University of Liverpool.
Christian Høgsbjerg is Teaching Fellow in Caribbean History at University College London's Institute of the Americas.
Robert A. Hill is Research Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Charles Forsdick is James Barrow Professor of French at the University of Liverpool.
Christian Høgsbjerg is Teaching Fellow in Caribbean History at University College London's Institute of the Americas.
Robert A. Hill is Research Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Making Drama out of the Haitian Revolution from Below: C. L. R. James’s The Black Jacobins Play
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Published:January 2017
Rachel Douglas, 2017. "Making Drama out of the Haitian Revolution from Below: C. L. R. James’s The Black Jacobins Play", The Black Jacobins Reader, Charles Forsdick, Christian Høgsbjerg
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In this chapter, Rachel Douglas explores James’s dramatic representations of the Haitian Revolution from Toussaint Louverture in 1936 to The Black Jacobins play of 1967. Making drama out of history enabled James to go furthest in rewriting the Haitian Revolution from below, through the demythologization of revolutionary leaders Toussaint, Dessalines, and Christophe, and simultaneous bringing into view of crowds, peasants, ordinary soldiers, and popular alternative leaders.
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