Governing sound : the cultural politics of Trinidad's carnival musics /
Jocelyne Guilbault.
- Kingston, Jamaica : Ian Randle Pub., 2007.
- xii, 343, [16] p. of plates : ill. 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Includes bibliographical references.
Calypso. Calypso's historical entanglements ; Governing the conduct of Carnival and calypso ; Power, practice, and competitions ; Calypsonians onstage ; Independence, innovation, and authenticity -- Calypso's musical offshoots. Postindependence, proliferation, and permissible traditions ; Soca, nation, and discrepant diasporas ; Cultural entrepreneurship under neoliberalism.
9789766373320 (pbk.)
Calypso (Music)--Trinidad and Tobago--History and criticism. Carnival--Trinidad and Tobago.--History. Calypso (Music)--Trinidad and Tobago.--Social aspects.