Carnival Is Woman
Feminism and Performance in Caribbean Mas
Contributions by Darrell Gerohn Baksh, Jan de Cosmo, Frances Henry, Jeff Henry, Adanna Kai Jones, Samantha Noel, Dwaine Plaza, Philip W. Scher, and Asha St. BernardWomen are performing an ever-growing role in Caribbean Carnival. Through a feminist perspective, this volume examines the presence of women in contemporary Carnival by demonstrating not only their strength in numbers, but also the ways in which women participate in the event.While decried by traditionalists, the bikinis, beads, and feathers of pretty mas convey both a newly found empowerment as a gendered resistance to oppression from men. Although research on Carnivals is substant…
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Weitere Autoren: Plaza, Dwaine (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-4968-2545-2
- EAN: 9781496825452
- Produktnummer: 31591607
- Verlag: University Press Of Mississippi
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 210 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.2 cm 331 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 331
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