My whole life is calypso
Subtitle: essays on Sparrow
By: by Gordon Rohlehr
Publisher: Gordon Rohlehr
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Tunapuna, Trinidad and Tobago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9789769583900
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation; Calypso musicians; Biography; Calypso (Music); History and criticism
Table of contents: title: Part 1: My Whole Life is Calypso; title: Introduction; title: First quarter 1953-1969; title: Second quarter 1970-1984: Between street and society; title: Third quarter 1985-1966: King of kings; title: Fourth quarter 2000-2014: Awards and citations and things; title: Part 2: Carnival Cannablized; title: Congo man; title: Historical background to the making of Congo Man; title: Congo Man "carnabilizes" carnival 1965; title: The skull beneath the skin teeth; title: Antecedents, ancestors, ancestry; title: Aftermath & after call; title: Sparrow and the language of calypso; title: Sparrow as poet; title: Citation for award.