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Chanting down the new Jerusalem : calypso, Christianity, and capitalism in the Caribbean /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Guadeloupe, Francio, 1971-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2009]
Series:Anthropology of Christianity ; 4.
Subjects:
Ethnology > Saint Martin (West Indies)
Ethnicity > Saint Martin (West Indies)
Anthropology of religion > Saint Martin (West Indies)
Religion and culture > Saint Martin (West Indies)
Disc jockeys > Social aspects > Saint Martin (West Indies)
Music > Social aspects > Saint Martin (West Indies)
Saint Martin (West Indies) > Ethnic relations.
Saint Martin (West Indies) > Race relations.
Saint Martin (West Indies) > Social conditions.
Table of Contents:
  • So many men, so many histories : the history that matters to the islanders
  • Performing identities on Saint Martin and Sint Maarten
  • Christianity as a metalanguage of inclusiveness
  • Clarke's two vitamin Cs for successful living
  • DJ Shadow's prescription for Rastafari individuality
  • The hip-hop- and Christian-inspired metaphysics of DJ Cimmaron.