Carnival and Power

Vicki Ann Cremona is Chair of the School of Performing Arts at the University of Malta and lectures in the Theatre Studies Department. She was appointed as Ambassador of Malta to France between 2005-2009, and to Tunisia between 2009-2013. She has published internationally, mainly about Carnival and public performance, Maltese theatre, and Commedia dell’Arte.

• 1. Perceptions of Colony and Carnival.- 2. Power and its Historical Framework.- 3. Social Difference and Street Dynamics.- 4. Fancy Dress, Rank and Dignity: Power and Play in Carnival Balls.- 5. ‘The sweet satires that prick where it is needed….’: The Caricature of Power.- 6. Raising the Levels of Street Carnivals – Competitions and Prizes.- 7. Carnival or Carnivals? Political Wrangles Between State, Church and Party.- 8. Politics vs Religion and State – Beyond Carnival and the Carnivalesque.- 9. Carnival as a Transnational Cultural Phenomenon.