Deconstructing Gender in Carnival : A Cross Cultural Investigation of a Social Ritual /

This book explores the complexity of the dialectic relationship between ritual-like activities and social structure; focusing on women's increasing presence in Trinidad Carnival and the ways in which their participation becomes part of the conflict over the efforts to change the basic distribut...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sterzi, Valeria (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bielefeld : transcript-Verlag, [2015]
Edición:1. Aufl.
Colección:Postcolonial Studies ; 7
Temas:
Carnival > Caribbean Area.
Carnival > Trinidad and Tobago.
Gender identity > Caribbean Area.
Carnavals > Caraïbes (Région)
Carnavals > Trinité-et-Tobago.
Identité sexuelle > Caraïbes (Région)
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies
Carnival.
Gender identity.
Caribbean Area.
Trinidad and Tobago.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Introduction
  • I. Definition of Post-Colonialism: Hybridity, Mimicry and National Identity
  • II. Re-Inventing Culture: the Caribbean Example. Introducing the Caribbean: History and Society
  • III. Gender and Post-Colonialism
  • IV. Between Rite and Performance
  • V. The World Upside-Down
  • VI. The Ambivalence of Trinidad Carnival. Music, Masking and Performance: the »Magical Mirror« of a Hybrid Society
  • VII. Conclusion
  • References
  • Illustrations
  • Backmatter

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