Trinidad carnival : the cultural politics of a transnational festival / edited by Garth L. Green and Philip W. Scher.

Other author Green, Garth L.
Other author Scher, Philip W., 1965-
Format Book
Publication InfoBloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2007.
Descriptionx, 254 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects
Carnival--Trinidad and Tobago.
Carnival--West Indies.
Trinidadians--Foreign countries. --Ethnic identity.
West Indians--Foreign countries. --Ethnic identity.
Trinidad and Tobago--Social life and customs.
West Indies--Social life and customs.

Contents The invention of traditional mas and the politics of gender / Pamela R. Franco -- The masquerader-anthropologist : the poetics and politics of studying carnival / Patricia A. De Freitas -- Authenticity, commerce, and nostalgia in the Trinidad carnival / Garth L. Green -- When "natives" become tourists of themselves : returning transnationals and the carnival in Trinidad and Tobago / Philip W. Scher -- Reading Caribana 1997 : black youth, Puff Daddy, style, and diaspora transformations / Lyndon Phillip -- Carnival in Aruba : "a feast of yourself" / Victoria M. Razak -- Creativity and politics in the steelband music of Ray Holman, 1959-1972 / Shannon Dudley -- "Will calypso doom rock'n'roll?" : the U.S. calypso craze of 1957 / Ray Funk and Donald R. Hill -- The politics of cultural value and the value of cultural politics : international intellectual property legislation in Trinidad / Robin Balliger.
Local noteLittle-358461--305131063830X
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 233-247) and index.
LCCN 2006028100
ISBN0253348234 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780253348234 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0253218837 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780253218834 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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