Chanting down the new Jerusalem
Subtitle: calypso, Christianity, and capitalism in the Caribbean
By: Francio Guadeloupe.
Series: The anthropology of Christianity -- 5
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9780520254886; 9780520254893
Subjects: Ethnology -- Saint Martin (West Indies); Ethnicity -- Saint Martin (West Indies); Anthropology of religion -- Saint Martin (West Indies); Religion and culture -- Saint Martin (West Indies); Disc jockeys -- Social aspects -- Saint Martin (West Indies); Music -- Social aspects -- Saint Martin (West Indies); Saint Martin (West Indies) -- Ethnic relations; Saint Martin (West Indies) -- Race relations; Saint Martin (West Indies) -- Social conditions
Description: "In this brilliantly evocative ethnography, Francio Guadeloupe probes the ethos and attitude created by radio disc jockeys on the binational Caribbean island of Saint Martin/Sint Maarten. Examining the intersection of Christianity, calypso, and capitalism, Guadeloupe shows how a multiethnic and multireligious island nation, where livelihoods depend on tourism, has managed to encourage all social classes to transcend their ethnic and religious differences. In his pathbreaking analysis, Guadeloupe credits the island DJs, whose formulations of Christian faith, musical creativity, and capitalist survival express ordinary people's hopes and fears and promote tolerance."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: So many men, so many histories : the history that matters to the islanders; title: Performing identities on Saint Martin and Sint Maarten; title: Christianity as a metalanguage of inclusiveness; title: Clarke's two vitamin Cs for successful living; title: DJ Shadow's prescription for Rastafari individuality; title: The hip-hop- and Christian-inspired metaphysics of DJ Cimmaron.