Masking and power : carnival and popular culture in the Caribbean /

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Focusing on masking as a socially significant practice in Caribbean cultures, Gerard Aching's analysis articulates masking, mimicry, and misrecognition as a means of describing and interrogating strategies of visibility and invisibility in Cuba, Trinidad and Tobago, Martinique, and beyond.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Aching, Gerard
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2002.
Series:Cultural studies of the Americas ; v. 8.
Subjects:
Carnival > Caribbean Area.
Masquerades > Caribbean Area.
Popular culture > Caribbean Area.
Carnavals > Caraïbes (Région)
Mascarades > Caraïbes (Région)
Culture populaire > Caraïbes (Région)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Customs & Traditions.
Carnival
Masquerades
Popular culture
Social conditions
Caribbean Area > Social conditions.
Caraïbes (Région) > Conditions sociales.
Caribbean Area
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:Focusing on masking as a socially significant practice in Caribbean cultures, Gerard Aching's analysis articulates masking, mimicry, and misrecognition as a means of describing and interrogating strategies of visibility and invisibility in Cuba, Trinidad and Tobago, Martinique, and beyond.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vii, 180 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (153-170) and index.
ISBN:9780816694075
0816694079
9780816640171
0816640173
9780816640188
0816640181

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