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Autore |
Nicholls Robert (Robert Wyndham) |
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Titolo |
The jumbies' playing ground [[electronic resource] ] : old world influences on Afro-Creole masquerades in the Eastern Caribbean / / Robert Wyndham Nicholls |
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Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, c2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-71614-3 |
1-62103-616-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (314 p.) |
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Collana |
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Folklore studies in a multicultural world |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Moko Jumbies - Caribbean Area |
Stilt-walkers - Caribbean Area |
Carnival - Caribbean Area |
Caribbean Area Social life and customs |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; FOREWORD: Clash of Cultures; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1. Masquerade Derivation, Costumes, and Behavior; 2. Aesthetics of Masquerading; 3. Masquerading in the Eastern Caribbean; 4. Specific Masquerade Types; 5. Masquerade Prototypes in West Africa; 6. Masquerade Prototypes in Western Europe; 7. Old World-New World Comparisons; CONCLUSION; APPENDIXES; 1. Informants in the Virgin Islands; 2. Diaspora in Reverse; 3. St. Croix Gombay Confrontation of 1852 and the Decline of Bamboula; 4. The Moko and Carriacou Nation Dances; NOTES; REFERENCES; INDEX |
AB; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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During the masquerades common during carnival time, jumbies (ghosts or ancestral spirits) are set free to roam the streets of Caribbean nations, turning the world topsy-turvy. Modern carnivals, which evolved from earlier ritual celebrations featuring disguised performers, are important cultural and economic events throughout the Caribbean, and are a direct link to a multilayered history. This work explores the evolutionary connections in function, garb, and behavior between Afro- |
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