Title: Trinidad carnival
First published: 1997
Description: "Presents multifaceted analysis of Trinidadian carnival, a festival seen by author as a 'form of meta-comment on Trinidad within the performance of a kind of collective psychodrama.' Useful chapters are devoted to the history of carnival, its development into a national festival, the social elements that influence and impact the contemporary event, social dynamics, and carnival's linkage to national identity"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Subjects: Carnival, National characteristics, Trinidadian and Tobagonian, Social life and customs, Trinidadian and Tobagonian National characteristics
Places: Trinidad and Tobago
LC classification: GT4229.T7 K6613 1997