Kevin K Birth

Bacchanalian Sentiments

Musical Experiences and Political Counterpoints in Trinidad

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Produktbeschreibung

Ethnography of the relationship of Trinidadian music to political consciousness, using case studies that emphasize different genres associated with different ethnic traditions in a postcolonial context.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Januar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 164mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 508g
• ISBN-13: 9780822341413
• ISBN-10: 0822341417
• Artikelnr.: 23369507

Autorenporträt

Kevin K. Birth is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Queens College, City University of New York. He is the author of “Any Time Is Trinidad Time”: Social Meanings and Temporal Consciousness.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface ix
Note on Music References xiii
Introduction. Initial Connections 1
1. Governmental Organization of Spontaneity 43
2. Bacchnalian Counterpoints to the State 69
3. Parang: Christmas in Anamat 119
4. Bakrnal: An Example of Changing Opinions 149
5. "Chukaipan," "Lootala," and the Counterpoint of "Mix Up" 182
6. Concluding Relations 212
Appendix 227
References 229
Index 249