A scuffling of islands
Subtitle: essays on calypso
By: by Gordon Rohlehr.
Publisher: Lexicon Trinidad Ltd
Published: 2004
Place of publication: San Juan, Trinidad and Tobago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 486
Subjects: Calypso (Music) -- Trinidad and Tobago -- History and criticism.; Music trade -- Trinidad and Tobago.; Calypso musicians -- Trinidad and Tobago.; Trinidad and Tobago -- Social conditions.; Trinidad and Tobago -- Social life and customs.; Trinidad and Tobago -- Songs and music.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: We getting the kaiso that we deserve : calypso and world music market; title: A scuffling of islands : essays on calypso, the dream and reality of Caribbean unity in poetry and song; title: The culture of Williams : context, performance, legacy; title: The calypsonian as artist : freedom and responsibility; title: The construction of masculinity; title: Towards and then beyond a balance of terror; title: Change and prophecy in Trinidad and Tobago calypso towards the twenty-first century; title: Calypso reinvents itself; title: The last Dingolay.