Talk: Performing Race and Empire in Victorian Glasgow
- Tickets
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Free - ticket required
- Dates and times
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Saturday 4th Oct 2025
11:30am
- Age
- All ages
- Venue
In
the years of the expanding British Empire, Glasgow's Victorian theatres were
places where race was constructed, contested, and reimagined. This talk
will examine two forms of popular entertainment that engaged with race in ways
both controversial and subversive: "man-monkey" performances and
"dog and Indian" plays. Dr. Deven Parker will discuss how these
highly popular forms helped to construct modern notions of race through
stereotyping practices for Glasgow audiences while also revealing to them the extent
to which race is the product of repeated performances.
This talk is part of Glasgow Life's Black History Month programme.
Exhibition: Performing 19th Century Glasgow: Nation, Celebrity, Empire.
Monday 18th Aug - Tuesday 30th Sept 2025
Image: Playbill for the Theatre Royal, Glasgow, 29 January 1851
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