Deconstructing Gender in Carnival: A Cross Cultural Investigation of a Social Ritual

Valeria Sterzi

Published by transcript Verlag 2010

Deconstructing Gender in Carnival

A Cross Cultural Investigation of a Social Ritual

Valeria Sterzi

Volume 7 in the series Postcolonial Studies

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839413487

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About this book

This book explores the complexity of the dialectic relationship between ritual-like activities and social structure; focusing on women's increasing presence in Trinidad Carnival and the ways in which their participation becomes part of the conflict over the efforts to change the basic distribution of power within society. Femininity comes forward in Caribbean carnival as the sexualized body that unmasks power relations which are simultaneously affirmed and denied.
Giving attention to the ideological process through which gender relations are constructed, this event is analysed in relation to economic, political, and social factors, as well as a consequence of the changes caused by the cultural clash of colonial and postcolonial society.

Author / Editor information

Valeria Sterzi (Dr. phil.) received her PhD in Sociology at the University of Hamburg, Germany. Her research interests lie in the field of postcolonial and gender studies, including theories of identity, hybridity and multiculturalism, in the context of cultural productions, ritual theory, and performance practices.

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DAMID, 7/8 (2010)

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	5
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
I. Definition of Post-Colonialism: Hybridity, Mimicry and National Identity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
II. Re-Inventing Culture: the Caribbean Example. Introducing the Caribbean: History and Society Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
III. Gender and Post-Colonialism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
IV. Between Rite and Performance Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
V. The World Upside-Down Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
VI. The Ambivalence of Trinidad Carnival. Music, Masking and Performance: the »Magical Mirror« of a Hybrid Society Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
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Language: English
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Edition: 1. Aufl.
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 204
Keywords: Women; Performance; Ritual; Culture; Multiculturalism; Postcolonialism; Gender; Gender Studies; Ethnology; Interculturalism; Cultural Studies

eBook

Published: July 27, 2015
ISBN: 9783839413487