Body Talk: Notes on Women and Spectacle in Contempory Trinidad Carnaval

Collection:

Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)

Contributor:

Barnes,Natasha Bernadine (Author)

Format:

Journal Article

Publication Date:

March 2000

Published:

Jamaica, West Indies: Ian Randle

Location:

African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Related Item:

Small Axe: A Caribbean Journal of Criticism

Related Item Details:

7 : 93

Subject Term:

Caribbean area, Trinidad and Tobago, Carnivals and festivals, Gender

Notes:

Focuses on the role of women and women's bodies in Trinidad Carnival. Information on the book 'Afro-Creole: Power, Opposition and Play in the Caribbean; Views on the Janus-faced effect of women's bodily performance; Collusion of global capitalism in the marketing and commodification of Caribbean popular culture.