Lia T Bascomb

In Plenty and in Time of Need

Popular Culture and the Remapping of Barbadian Identity

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Produktbeschreibung

In Plenty and in Time of Need uses music and performance as sites of analysis for the competing ideals and realities of Barbadian national culture. The book demonstrates complex relations between national, gendered, and sexual identities in Barbados, and how these identities are represented and interpreted on a global stage.  

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9781978803954
• ISBN-10: 1978803958
• Artikelnr.: 56745209

Autorenporträt

Lia T. Bascomb is an assistant professor of African American Studies at Georgia State University in Atlanta.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Images
Introduction                                                
1          England’s Child, the People’s Nation: Myths of Barbadian
National Identity
2          Performing National
Identity                                                                        
      
3          Caribbean Queen: Afro-Barbadian Femininity, Alison Hinds, and
Performing of the Erotic at Home and
Abroad                                               
4          “Love You All”: Rupee, Afro-Barbadian Masculinity, Activism, and
the Temptations of a Global Pop Market
                                                                  
5          Rihanna, Where Celebrity and Tourism Meet in a Dangerous
Crossroads of Representation         
Conclusion: Celebrating Barbadian Independence, the Golden
Jubilee                         
Acknowledgments
Notes
Works
Cited                                                                                                              
    
Index