America in the French Imaginary, 1789-1914 (EPDF) von Diana R. Hallman

Just as America was observed in French literary and political commentary, we find representations of America in French music, dance, and theatre which serve as the focus of this volume.

Introduction

Part I. Americanlibertésauvagerie andesclavage
1 Between Amérique and Colonial France: Revolutionary Tales ofliberté andesclavage Diana R. Hallman
2 Justamant'sLe Bossu and Depictions of Indigenous Americans in Nineteenth-Century French Ballet
Marian Smith, Sarah Gutsche-Miller and Helena Kopchick Spencer
3 Louisiana Imagined: Gender, Race and Slavery inLe Planteur (1839)
Helena Kopchick Spencer

Part II. Myths of America and Intersecting Identities
4 'Brise du Sud': American Identity and War in the Popular Sheet Music of Francophone New Orleans
Charlotte Bentley
5 'The Most Seductive Creole Indolence': Louis Moreau Gottschalk in the French Press
Laura Moore Pruett
6 Symphonies from the New World: The Myths and Realities of American Orchestral Music in France
Douglas Shadle

Part III. Soundscapes and Sonic Fantasies
7 Historical Acoustemology in the French Romantic Travelogue: Chateaubriand's Sonic Imagining of the New World
Ruth E. Rosenberg
8La Liberté éclairant le monde: Transatlantic Soundscapes for the Statue of Liberty
Annegret Fauser

Part IV. America, Commodification and Race at thefin de siècle9 Buffalo Bill and the Sound of America at the 1889 World's Fair
Mark A. Pottinger
10 Cakewalking in Paris: New Representations and Contexts of African American Culture
César A. Leal

Bibliography
Index