389. Juliane Braun, Part 2

389. Part 2 of our interview with Juliane Braun about French-language drama in Louisiana, the subject of her book, Creole Drama: Theatre and Society in Antebellum New Orleans. The stages of antebellum New Orleans did more than entertain. In the city’s early years, French-speaking residents used the theatre to assert their political, economic, and cultural sovereignty in the face of growing Anglo-American dominance. Beyond local stages, the francophone struggle for cultural survival connected people and places in the early United States, across the American hemisphere, and in the Atlantic world. Moving from France to the Caribbean to the American continent, Creole Drama follows the people that created and sustained French theatre culture in New Orleans from its inception in 1792 until the beginning of the Civil War. Juliane Braun draws on the neglected archive of francophone drama native to Louisiana, as well as a range of documents from both sides of the Atlantic, to explore the ways in which theatre and drama shaped debates about ethnic identity and transnational belonging in the city. Francophone identity united citizens of different social and racial backgrounds, and debates about political representation, slavery, and territorial expansion often played out on stage.

1. This week in Louisiana history. October 31, 1985. Hurricane "Juan" makes three landfalls in Louisiana.
2. This week in New Orleans history. Milton Latter Memorial Branch library on St. Charles Avenue, a gift to the citizens of New Orleans from Mr. and Mrs. Harry Latter, opened on October 31, 1948.
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   As far as we can tell, this is still scheduled. We do recommend you check before going.
   Louisiana Native American Art Fest
   
   November 6th, 2020
   Choctaw-Apache Tribal Grounds

   217 Gene Knight Rd.

   Noble, LA 71462
   318-645-2588
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   The Louisiana Native American Art Festival is held in celebration of Native American Heritage Month. This festival features arts and crafts, an art walk, demonstrations and a wild game cook-off!
   
4. Postcards from Louisiana. Quess and lawyer Emily.

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