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    2. 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.

    3. 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.

    4. Carnival and national identity in the poetry of Afrocubanismo

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Anderson,Thomas F. (Author)
    Format:
    Book, Whole
    Publication Date:
    2011
    Published:
    Gainesville: University Press of Florida
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Notes:
    341 p., Examines the long-running debate between the proponents of Afro-Cuban cultural manifestations and the predominantly white Cuban intelligentsia who viewed these traditions as "backward" and counter to the interests of the young Republic. Includes analyses of the work of Felipe Pichardo Moya, Alejo Carpentier, Nicolás Guillén, Emilio Ballagas, José Zacarías Tallet, Felix B. Caignet, Marcelino Arozarena, and Alfonso Camín.