Music, memory, resistance :

Music, memory, resistance : calypso and the Caribbean literary imagination / Calypso and the Caribbean literary imagination edited by Sandra Pouchet Paquet, Patricia J. Saunders, Stephen Stuempfle. - xlii, 369 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-347) and index.

Introduction : Mapping the roots/routes of calypso in Caribbean literary and cultural traditions / Eric Williams's vision for the development of Carnival / Calypso as political con/text : Reflections on the legend of Eric Williams / In the battle for the emergent independence : Calypsos of decolonization / Fugues, fragments and fissures : A work in progress / Carnival cannibalized or cannibal Carnivalized : Contextualizing the "cannibal joke" in Calypso and the Bacchanal connection / Unmasking the Chantwell narrator in Earl Lovelace's fiction / Jamette Carnival and Afro-Caribbean influences in the work of Jean Rhys / "Big fat fish" : The hypersexualization of the fat black woman's body in calypso and dancehall / Men in the yard and on the street : Cricket and calypso in Indo-Caribbean literature / With a tassa blending : Calypso and cultural identity in Indo-Caribbean fiction / Bop girl goes calypso : Containing race and youth culture in cold war America / (Not) knowing the difference : Calypso overseas and the sound of belonging in selected narratives of migration / "Everybody do the dance" : The politics of uniformity in dancehall and calypso / Patricia J. Saunders -- Hollis "Chalkdust" Liverpool -- Louis Regis -- Ray Funk -- M. NourbeSe Philip -- Earl Lovelace -- Funso Aiyejina -- Cynthia Davis -- Andrea Shaw -- Claire Westall -- Paula Morgan -- Michael S. Eldridge -- Jennifer Rahim -- Kezia Page.

"This collection includes contributions from calypsonians, critics, novelists and poets alike, all engaged in representing Caribbean culture in its myriad forms. It represents an array of convergences across critical perspectives, political and social agendas, generations and national boundaries. The work of numerous calypsonians and other singers are explored, including Sparrow, Kitchener, Chalkdust, Denise Belfon; and writers such as Samuel Selvon, V.S. Naipaul, Jean Rhys, Errol John, Paul Marshall, Earl Lovelace and Lashkmi Persaud. The comparative analyses provide in interdisciplinary approach to Cultural Studies making the volume essential reading for students, scholars and calypso enthusiasts." --

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Calypso (Music)--History and criticism.--Trinidad and Tobago
Calypso (Music)--History and criticism.--Caribbean Area
Music and literature.
Politics and culture--Caribbean Area.
Calypso (Music)
Music and literature.
Politics and culture.
Musik
Gesellschaftskritik
Rezeption
Literatur
Calypso.
Musiker.


Caribbean Area.
Trinidad and Tobago.
Karibik


Criticism, interpretation, etc.

ML3565 / .M85 2007

781.64

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