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Trinidad Carnival: The Cultural Politics of a Transnational Festival

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Like many Caribbean nations, Trinidad has felt the consequences of globalization on its economy, politics, and expressive culture. Even Carnival, once a clandestine folk birthday party, has been transformed into a tremendous transnational festival. In Trinidad Carnival, Garth L. Green, Philip W. Scher, and a global group of students explore Carnival as a mirrored image of the nation and culture of Trinidad and Trinidadians all over the world. The nine essays cover topics such as women in Carnival, the politics and poetics of Carnival, Carnival and cultural memory, Carnival as a tourist enterprise, the steelband music of Carnival, Calypso music at the world stage, Carnival and rap, and Carnival as an international birthday party. For readers interested within the history and current expression of Carnival, this volume offers a multidimensional and transnational view of Carnival as a representation of Trinidad and Caribbean culture in all places.

Contributors are Robin Balliger, Shannon Dudley, Pamela R. Franco, Patricia A. de Freitas, Ray Funk, Garth L. Green, Donald R. Hill, Lyndon Phillip, Victoria Razak, and Philip W. Scher.

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