Carnival : theory and practice /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Innes, Christopher, 1941-, Rutherford, Annabel, Bogar, Brigitte
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Trenton, N.J. : Africa World Press, [2013]
Series:Harriet Tubman series on the African diaspora.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Christopher Innes
  • Contemporary carnival in perspective. Peter Minshall: "Nignorance & enwhitenment"
  • The African heritage. Modesto Amegago: interrogating the roots, elements, and crossovers of the Caribbean carnival: a case of West African celebrations
  • Henry Lovejoy: drums of Sàngó: bàtia drums and the symbolic reestablishment of the Oyo Empire in colonial Cuba, 1817-1867
  • Sabrina Ensfelder: the African heritage in Trinidad's carnival: from cultural resistance to identity negotiation
  • Caribbean carnival. Jeff Henry: Carnival/masquerade in Trinidad: resistance through performance
  • Teruyuki Tsuji: From Negue Jardin to Jamet: the articulation of carnival in 19th-century Trinidad
  • Jeffrey Chock: The mas I know
  • Suzanne Deborah Burke: Policing the people's festival: state policy and the Trinidad carnival complex
  • The carnival diaspora. Paul Lovejoy: Transformations of masquerades in the African diaspora
  • Phil Scher: The power and pitfalls of carnival as cultural heritage
  • United States. Bruce Boyd Raeburn: Too hip to hope? post-Katrina brass bands and New Orleans carnival
  • Britain. Lesley Ferris: "Designing for the diaspora: images of resistance in contemporary British carnival"
  • Canada. Jerry & Leida Englar: The history of Shadowland and their take back the streets work
  • Donna Coombs-Montrose: Building the carnival arts in Western Canada: the Cariwest experiment
  • Steelpan and carnival. Karen Cyrus: Sounds of the carnival diaspora: amateur steel bands in the QTA
  • Lionel McCalman: Carnival and the steel band in perspective: from multiculturalism to community cohesion: a case study of the Notting Hill Carnival
  • Haroun Shah, áDaniel Bessong, Evangelica Brumant: The impact of "pan around neck": steelpan performances at carnivals in Europe
  • Calypso and carnival. Everard Phillips: The political calypso: a sociolinguistic process in conflict transformation
  • Ray Funk: Sir Lancelot : taking calypso from carnival to nightclubs, Hollywood, and the world
  • Designing and producing carnival. Loyce Arthur: Artists who dare: carnival designers
  • Tony Hall: The jouvay popular theatre process [JPTP]
  • Peter Minshall: working in mase.