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    2. "Why Must All Girls Want to be Flag Women?": Postcolonial Sexualities, National Reception, and Caribbean Soca Performance

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Pinto,Samantha (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    2010
    Published:
    Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Meridians: feminism, race, transnationalism
    Journal Title Details:
    10(1) : 137-163
    Notes:
    Reads Carnival-related performances in relationship to the colonial and national histories of the circulation of Indian and black women's bodies in Trinidad and Tobago, asking what is at stake in these occupations of genre, form, and performative presence in the latest global scenes of late capitalism (where image and sound, as cultural productions, are always in circulation beyond the scope of the nation, and their own "original" referents).

    4. Africa en el carnaval Mexicano

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Marco Polo,Hernandez Cuevas (Author)
    Format:
    Monograph
    Publication Date:
    2005
    Published:
    Mexico: Plaza y Valdes
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Notes:
    156 p

    7. An ethnographic study of Papadjab, an Afro-Caribbean devil dancer: the Christmas street festival in St. Lucia

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Wintersteen,Benjamin (Author) and Browne,Katherine E. (Author)
    Format:
    Book, Whole
    Publication Date:
    2010
    Published:
    Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Notes:
    136 p., Examines the religious, mythological and performance elements of the Afro-Caribbean street festival. Using the theories of performance, political economy and symbolic analysis, this work shows how elements of African, European and South American cultures interact to produce a unique understanding of the colonial and post-colonial experience.

    8. Barbados Gears Up for Its 10th Annual Jazz Festival

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Walters,Linda Y. (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    April-May, 2002
    Published:
    New York: Black Diaspora Communications
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Black Diaspora
    Journal Title Details:
    23(3) : 26-27
    Notes:
    Playing host to a roster of talent that is incredibly diverse, the Jazz Festival held in Barbados is going stronger than ever

    10. Battle dress and fancy dress : an inquiry into the origins of the customs and traditions of the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Ottley,Irwin (Author)
    Format:
    Book, Whole
    Publication Date:
    2012
    Published:
    Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago: Irwin Philip Ottley
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Notes:
    "In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the independence of Trinidad and Tobago, 31st August 1962-2012.", 140 p.