African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
183 P., "Demonstrating how Latin American magical realism and Holocaust literature reflect and refract in literary form the carnivalesque spirit of
inversion, intensification of experience, and hallucinatory strangeness. Drawing on the works of Mikhail Bakhtin, Carl Jung, James Frazer, and others, Danow is able to suggest a striking and subtle connection between two genres that on the surface
would appear to have little in common." --Lynn Gelfand, Folklore Forum 29:1 (1998), p. 130.
Lovelace,Earl (Author) and New York (Series Editor)
Format:
Book, Whole
Publication Date:
1998
Published:
Persea Books
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
In Trinidad the martial arts dancer, Aldrick Prospect, fights the commercialization of the Mardi Gras carnival. Sick to see the country's traditions destroyed-- warrior contests have been replaced by games for tourists-- he joins a coup d'etat, serves a stint in jail and never dances again., 240 p
Provides information on the Tobago Heritage Festival in Tobago. Highlights of the event; Idea of the festival; Series of events showcased in the festival; Views of Rawle Titus, chairman of the Heritage Festival Committee, on the purpose of the celebration.;
The Los Angeles Caribbean Carnival, held in late Oct 2002, featured uninhibited dancing from scantily-clad women, entertainment from Calypso Rose and other Caribbean musicians and plenty of good food.