Creolite and the New Cultural Politics of Difference in Popular Music of the French West Indies

    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Guibault,Jocelyne (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    Fall, 1994
    Published:
    Nashville, TN: Fisk University
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Black Music Research Journal
    Journal Title Details:
    14(2) : 161-178
    Subject Term:
    Caribbean area, Creole, Music and dance, Civilization, and Zouk (music)
    Notes:
    Examines the genesis of the French Antillean concept of Creolite that emerged in the 1980s and shows "how, through zouk, the popular music that emerged from Guadeloupe and Martinique in the early 1980s, Creolite is being defined, (re)presented, and negotiated." (author)

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