Carnival
Subtitle: culture in action : the Trinidad experience
By: [edited by] Milla Cozart Riggio.
Contributors: Riggio, Milla Cozart.
Series: Worlds of performance
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
Subjects: Carnival -- Trinidad.; Trinidad -- Social life and customs.
Description: "Traditional carnival theory, based mainly on the work of Mikhail Bakhtin and Victor Turner, has long defined carnival as inversive or subversive. The essays in this groundbreaking anthology collectively reverse that trend, offering a re-definition of 'carnival' that is focused not on the hierarchy it temporarily displaces or negates, but one that is rooted in the actuality of the festival event. Carnival details its new theory in terms of a carnival that is at once representative and distinctive: The Carnival of Trinidad-the most copied yet least studied major carnival in the world. Editor Milla Cozart Riggio has compiled a body of work that takes the reader on a fascinating journey exploring the various aspects of carnival - its traditions, its history, its music, its politics - and prefaces each section with an illuminating essay. This beautifully illustrated volume features work by leading writers and experts on carnival from around the world, and includes two stunning photo essays by acclaimed photographers Pablo Delano and Jeffrey Chock"--Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.