A response to enslavement : playing their way to virtue /
Roberts, Peter A.,author.
Examines "play" of the slaves ("singing, dancing and carousing of the enslaved") and addresses the dilemma that the enslaved Africans (mostly young people) faced of being seen as "happy" by the pro-planter factions and how they dealt with it.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-374) and index.
Framing the Relationship between Play, Happiness and Honour -- Interpretations That Enhance and Diminish Play -- Question of an Indigenous Template of Festivity -- Whites Promoting Play in the Colonial Beehive -- From Africa to the Caribbean: Singing and Dancing Marionettes -- Playing in Life and Death -- Dancing in the Street: Parties, Parades, Sets and Masquerades -- "Dancing with Soul in It" -- Singing to Survive and Jive -- Various Faces of Virtue and Honour.
Examines "play" of the slaves ("singing, dancing and carousing of the enslaved") and addresses the dilemma that the enslaved Africans (mostly young people) faced of being seen as "happy" by the pro-planter factions and how they dealt with it.
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